Miscellanea
Government plans short-term rental database & more powers for landlords
New Renters Reform Bill measures announced as part of crackdown on anti-social behaviour.
Property industry football championship signs high-profile headline sponsor ahead of ‘biggest tournament yet’
London's top estate agencies will battle it out in the CPR Cup on 16th June to be crowned industry football champions.
Ranked: The UK’s best places to live in 2023
Wadhurst in East Sussex has been crowned the overall winner in this year's influential Sunday Times rundown.
Riverside homes in West London come with a 28.5% price premium
Properties close to the Boat Race route on the Thames sell for significantly more than non-riverside properties in the same postcode; Chiswick has the lowest riverside price premium, while Hammersmith…
New agent tool will flag properties at risk from climate change
Data aims to help property pros assess the potential impact of flooding, subsidence, heat stress and coastal erosion.
In Pictures: Ambitious proposal pitches waterside Grand Prix circuit in East London
'This vision could do for the Royal Docks what the Olympics did for Stratford and the Lea Valley,' says LDN Collective.
‘Bank of Mum & Dad’ shelled out almost £9bn to first-time property buyers in 2022
Nearly half of all mortgaged first-time buyers relied on family money to get on the property ladder last year - and Savills expects this proportion to rise to three in five as Help to Buy ends.
Over 23,000 expected at MIPIM this year
Attendee numbers are expected to be up by 15% on last year, according to the event's organisers.
‘The last thing you would want to do is openly advertise it’: North London super-agent’s advice on selling a £250mn trophy mansion
One of London's finest private residences, The Holme in Regent's Park, made global headlines last week after reportedly going up for sale at £250mn; as the world awaits the outcome, veteran agent Trevor A…
‘Biggest ever’ LandAid SleepOut raises over £500k
Hundreds of property folk braved freezing temperatures to help end youth homelessness.
Tatler reveals London’s ‘five ultra-prime property tribes’
'Forget Londongrad, England’s capital has become a honeypot for tech gazillionaires from Silicon Valley,' says high-society glossy magazine Tatler.
Planning fees set to soar under new proposals
Consultation launched on hiking fees for major applications by 35%, and 25% for all other applications.