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Book Now: AI & Estate Agency – Practical Insights for Real Impact
LonRes teams up with Greenhouse OS for free webinar on putting AI to work in estate agency, from automating admin to capturing missed leads.
Government introduces EPC-style Flood Performance Certificates for homes
New ratings will assess properties’ exposure to flooding and the measures taken to protect them, with potential implications for insurance and lending.
Function Vs Form: What happens when luxury design forgets how a building actually works
Sebastian Moritz runs through the importance of reading building designs from an operational perspective.
Dilemma, dilemma: Lucian Cook on the psychology & science of pricing in the current market
Savills' research chief explores the market mechanics and mental gymnastics behind pricing strategies for top-end instructions.
Major developer calls time on London as viability ‘fundamentally broken’
Economic rewards for taking development risk in the capital have 'evaporated,' says housebuilding giant boss.
‘Rural landlords are faced with a double whammy’: Research flags huge EPC upgrade premium for country homes
Countryside properties cost substantially more to bring up to EPC C than urban homes, according to an analysis of more than three million certificates.
Land Registry gears up for major property data overhaul
£52mn tech deal promises to improve how the nation’s land and property data is managed, delivered and used.
Branded resi developer secures heavyweight marketing hook for Middle East scheme
Anthony Joshua has 'backed' the UK launch of Adanté Realty’s Yenaier project in Oman, as the boxer's Tyson Fury showdown is confirmed.
Paul Smith gives Notting Hill estate agency the fashion treatment
OB Private gets a week-long makeover, complete with wrapped office, designer threads and Paul Smith Minis for viewings.
The £100k Mistake: A top buying agent on what prime property buyers need to know about AI
The real value of a good advisor is in judgement & knowledge of things beyond data, says Property Vision's Rob Fanshawe.
The New Scarcity: Liam Bailey on the evolution of luxury & what today’s HNW property buyers really value
The ingredients that once signalled luxury are becoming the easiest to copy, says Knight Frank; what increasingly commands a premium are the things that can’t be replicated...
Social Circuit: LA London toasts 45 years at end-of-summer party
More than 200 property and design names gathered on the architect’s London Bridge rooftop for its annual industry bash.