Miscellanea
Agent collective launches magazine for ‘the Broker Age’
The London Broker has launched ‘The Brokerage’ to support its network of independent operators in the UK and overseas.
Redefining ‘Connection’: How resi building operators have retained a sense of community throughout the Covid crisis
Following the lessons learned over the last year, there will be increased demand for operators to put the health and well-being of their residents at the heart of their offering in future, writes Jade…
The new London Plan is now in force
The capital's new "Spatial Development Strategy" - better known as the The London Plan 2021 - has finally come into force, after protracted exchanges between City Hall and Whitehall.
The Times: Rightmove left rivals in its wake and it doesn’t look like that will change soon
The Times' Financial Editor Patrick Hosking pulls no punches in this overview of the UK's property portal scene.
No one comes out of it particularly well.
RICS overhauls survey options
New-look property survey reports are more visual and easy to understand, says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Knight Frank picks Notting Hill as one of the world’s top ten neighbourhoods ‘primed for growth in a post-pandemic world’
KF's Wealth Report 2021 identifies ten "up and coming" prime residential locations around the world, including four in Europe.
Future Homes Standard: The impact on build costs, supply chains & land values
Higher build costs to adhere to the government’s stricter energy requirements are already being factored into land bids, writes Lydia Mclaren...
RBKC gets tough on owners of empty homes
Council to trial the use of Empty Dwellings Management Orders and forceable sales in ‘severe circumstances’.
Super-prime design & construction firms collaborate on Notting Hill street art project
Studio Indigo & London Projects unveil new hand-painted mural by Royal College of Art alumni, Adalberto Lonardi, on their Lansdowne Road construction site.
Westminster defers Cundy Street decision
Westminster Council has deferred making a decision on Grosvenor's controversial redevelopment of the "Cundy Street Quarter" in Belgravia.
Property owners are becoming more bullish on house price growth this year
2021's property market is likely to be "less of a roller-coaster ride" than 2020, suggests Knight Frank, as the firm stands by its forecast of 0% growth for UK house prices in the year ahead.
Chestertons becomes first major agency to go carbon neutral
31-branch London-based operator has just been certified as Net Zero Carbon and is on a quest to become ‘the country’s greenest estate agency’.