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Property investor-developers have reduced intended UK spend by £1.2bn, says the BPF
The British Property Federation has published a "Covid-19 recovery roadmap", suggesting that Stamp Duty be temporarily cut for institutional build-to-rent investors, and a reduction of VAT on residential…
Major housebuilder moves out of London as the pandemic has a ‘profound impact’ on the business
Redrow has "decided to scale-back [its] operations in London" to focus on regional projects. The Covid-19 pandemic has "shifted home movers' priorities", says the firm.
‘Property tycoons gave Tories more than £11m in less than a year’
Ranked: The Conservative Party's biggest donors from the property sector
New platform aims ‘to build a complete picture of the property market’
Anthony Codling has launched a new website, Twindig, with an ambition to host an online profile for all of the UK’s 28 million homes.
Berkeley Group founder & chairman Tony Pidgley dies aged 72
One of the industry’s most successful and influential figures
Countrywide reveals lockdown impact & bounce-back performance
"Early trading indicators in England are encouraging and we expect a similar bounce back in Wales and Scotland," says Countrywide's Board ahead of the Plc's AGM.
Savills looks to recovery with lessons learned from the GFC
Agency has taken a similar approach to 2008/9, when conditions were also beyond control, to mitigate the impact of market shutdowns;
Hill teams up with Bioregional for affordable eco-home drive
New housebuilding JV aims to deliver innovative zero-carbon homes with "permanently protected" reduced prices.
Flying colours come digitally for new generation of surveyors
The number of people embarking on a career in surveying continued to rise in spite of the lockdown, reports the RICS
Billionaire brothers go to court over asset sharing letter
The Hinduja brothers are embroiled in a High Court case over a six year old letter which states that “assets held in any single brother's name belong to all four”.
How it feels to steer a proptech start-up through a crisis
2020 was going great guns for Tom Reiss and the AI assistant he created for rental agencies and property managers - until the world was turned upside down by a global pandemic;
Strutts bolsters senior team; hints at digital shift & London expansion
Venerable national agency names new heads of regional, rural estates, new homes & London divisions;