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New knotweed tracking tool helps flag local infestations
A new interactive Heatmap tracks sighting of Japanese Knotweed across the UK.
Housing supply picks up, but delivery still undershooting need
Number of new homes built across England rose to 238,000 in the year to Q4 2018, up 12% on Q4 2017, notes Savills; even so, London only delivered 56% of homes needed at an aggregate level
Proportion of international buyers in PCL hits six-year high
57% of the homes sold in London's priciest postcodes during H2 2018 went to overseas purchasers, reports Hamptons International, the highest level recorded since H2 2012;
Humberts reports positive results from its ‘holistic’ take on estate agency
Nine months after buying venerable estate agency brand Humberts out of administration, the new owner expects 2019 to be the firm's 'best year yet'.
Carter Jonas recruits six to boost Planning & Development team in London
A team of six development surveyors have been hired from GL Hearn.
Buyer picks up £9.75m penthouse amalgamation in St John’s Wood
8,342 square foot apartment on three titles came with over 4,000 square feet of terraces and an 86-foot 'entertaining suite'
Barratt unveils Goddard Littlefair-designed show penthouse at Landmark Place
London arm of Britain's biggest housebuilder releases five marquee units at its 'most prestigious scheme to date', including a fully-dressed 3,239 sq ft duplex priced at £8.895m
‘Buyer affordability is on the rise at the fastest rate in nearly eight years’ – Rightmove
The UK's average asking price tickled up by just 0.2% in the last year, reports Rightmove, with three out of four Southern regions seeing negative growth.
Cluttons loses research chief to Knight Frank
Faisal Durrani moves on after over eight years with Cluttons
Grand former school site in Bristol offered with full planning for a prime resi development
In Pictures: The 2.9 acre former Redland High School site comes with planning permission and listed building consent for a 44-unit residential development.
Prime London rents show ‘early signs of bottoming out’
Rental values in the capital's prime resi markets have fallen by an average of 9.
Agent wins battle with developer over contract ‘agreed by phone’
Supreme Court hands down judgment in Wells v Devani, ruling that an estate agent was entitled to claim commission from a developer on the sale of flats to a purchaser he introduced, despite the contract…