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The five toughest places to sell a property are currently in London, according to a new 'house selling weather forecast' tool
PCL lettings agency teams up with interiors retailer
Draker and OKA pitch a 'unique offer' for landlords
Homes with a sea view attract a 29% price premium – Rightmove
Garages, gardens, swimming pools and sea views are the most searched-for terms in the property portal's new Keyword Sort feature
Councils given new powers to ramp up tax on empty homes
Bills to quadruple on properties left vacant for ten years or more
House prices post slowest annual growth since 2013 – UK HPI
The average property price in Greater London has fallen by 0.4% in the last year, according to official figures; it's the worst-performing UK region
New industry-backed venture looks to draw line under dodgy floorplans
JLL and the RICS get behind "revolutionary" new digital marketing and measurement provider Spec, which promises to help agents "sell properties faster whilst building consumer confidence"
Bulk buyers behind nearly 40% of London’s new-build sales
Over 2,000 new-build units offloaded in bulk deals during Q2, while private sales tanked by a third
Exemplar spin-off snaps up Paddington mixed-use project
YardNine and Invesco have acquired a c.£300m project in W2 with consented plans for seven mews houses plus a lot of office space
Walter Lilly reshuffles Board as MD retires
Top-end construction firm boss is taking early retirement after 33 years; Chris Butler to step up as Managing Director in September
Westminster investigating 1,200 properties in short-let clampdown
"No stone will be left unturned", warns council
Slowdown in buy-to-let transactions ‘is not necessarily bad news’ – LendInvest
"A ‘buy, hold and remortgage’ strategy is some investors’ preference while the market works through a possible slowdown", says LendInvest
Sale agreed on rare Belgravia development opp
Grade II listed block just off London's grandest garden square currently houses 13 unmod apartments