The Market
Government moots seven-day mortgage switching
The government has mooted a plan to make switching all kinds of consumer services - including mortgage lenders - a lot quicker and easier for homeowners.
Getting Over The Line: What happens when a buyer refuses to pay up?
You’ve secured the buyer and matters have proceeded to solicitors. Contracts are exchanged and you breathe a sigh of relief believing that the sale is now confirmed.
In Pictures: Historic buildings up for sale after heritage trust goes under
A trio of historic and highly unusual properties have been put up for sale after the liquidation of a national building preservation trust.
Ton-up for Helical Bar at Barts Square
Helical Bar has confirmed the sale of over 100 units at its Barts Square scheme in EC1.
The £500m project - a JV with The Baupost Group - is reimagining a 3.
Buyers circle £26.5m fixer-upper on Eaton Square
A practically unheard of opportunity is close to being sold on Belgravia's ultra-exclusive Eaton Square, PrimeResi has learned.
How much does a square metre of resi cost in 2016?
This year's survey of prices per square metre across the UK sees Kensington & Chelsea retain its chunky premium over Westminster, despite some slippage in the last 12 months.
Seven spring homebuyer trends
From ugly houses to sustainable ones, here's some of the more interesting buyer trends noted by the Stacks team so far this season...
Eco-happy
What Goes Up: UK transactions plummet as SDLT hike hits home
The number of resi property transactions across the UK fell by nearly half between March and April as the government's latest stamp duty increase came into effect.
Supercool Silvestrin house in Hampstead asks £22.5m
Rare resi project by the celebrated Italian designer
Brexit could hold back house prices by ‘up to 18%’ – Osborne
An 'Out' vote on the 23rd June would be "a lose-lose situation" and could mean house prices are up to 18% lower in 2018 than in a 'Remain' scenario, warned Chancellor George Osborne at the weekend.
Weston sets up £120m Denham Film Studios scheme
One of the most important locations in Hollywood and British movie making history is to be transformed into a major new resi address - ambitiously billed as a "mini-Beverly Hills" - following a landmark…
Benham & Reeves goes on-site at Kew Bridge
Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings, which claims to be London’s fastest growing letting agency, is opening up shop on-site at St George's Kew Bridge scheme in West London.