The Market
Landlords and lettings agents left confused by immigration check guidance
Home Office guidance on immigration checks (which was issued, withdrawn, and re-issued without change in the space of 24 hours) will lead to yet more confusion for landlords, says Carter Jonas’ Head…
Interest Wait: Why Carney should hold off the brakes
The Governor should resist pulling the lever until much further down the track, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
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Mixed messages as ‘some sort of transition’ hits the London market
London's property prices crept up by just 0.3% in July, taking annual growth down to +7.9% as "some sort of transition is underway" according to the latest from Knight Frank.
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The ‘Poor Door’ Debate: Do separate entrances make practical sense?
There are clearly issues surrounding how affordable housing is delivered in the capital, but the tone of this 'poor door' debate risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater, says real estate lawyer Edward…
Tough love for Candy’s Sugar Quay S106 plea
Planners are "sticking to their guns" over a £15m affordable housing contribution requirement for Candy & Candy's Foster + Partners-designed Sugar Quay development next door to the Tower of London.
Tenants Behaving Badly: Renters fess up
We all knew there were a few bad eggs amongst the UK's 8.3 million tenants, but some new research has claimed to lift the lid on the worst offenders and the extent of their transgressions.
Crime & Refurbishment: How to buy & develop a former police site
As the Met Police Service offloads swathes of prime real estate, Russell-Cooke's Paul Reed sizes up the resi development potential
Resi yields drop but investor activity accelerates – Cluttons
The pace of growth for residential investments slowed up in Q2, leaving capital values 15.9% up on the year.
Average house price grew half as quickly in Q2 (+3.
50% of new applicants made an offer in July – D&G
There seem to be some pretty motivated househunters out there this Summer, with Douglas & Gordon reporting that nearly half of its new applicants actually made an offer on a property last month as they…
H1 auction revenues hit £2bn for first time in six years
It sounds like the resi auction market has been rocking over the last 12-18 months, with packed auction rooms and increasing numbers of lots selling far in excess of their guide price.
Knightsbridge falls but “panic not, it is just an election”
Q2's London transactions at Strutt & Parker were 8% shy of the agency's quarterly average, but prices "continue to creep up" allowing total transaction value to rise.
£13,400 psf! Hong Kong house smashes global asking price record
A new development at the top of Hong Kong's exclusive Victoria Peak has just smashed the record for the world's highest asking price per square foot.