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Government moves to ‘end the unjustified selling of new houses as leasehold’
Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has launched a technical consultation into leasehold reforms, proposing that new lease ground rents be capped at just £10
Young entrepreneurs splash £36m on Islington Square penthouses
Local twentysomethings emerge as the big-spenders at £400m scheme off Upper Street
Landlord acquisitions tumble by 30% – Hamptons
Buy-to-let investment has slumped to its lowest level in five years
Checking out Auberry’s Connaught-inspired lateral on Carlos Place
First floor three-bed takes design cues from the famous five-star hotel over the road
Wealthy students drive lettings deal surge in prime London
Transactions in Q3 were up by nearly 50% on Q2, reports JLL, with well-off students "underpinning the market"
Asking prices see lowest Autumn bump since 2010 – Rightmove
Higher-value 'top of ladder' homes saw the biggest asking price growth in the last month; smaller units the weakest
Westminster Council poised to reveal ‘biggest changes to planning for a generation’
"It's a new dawn; It's a new day; It's a new life for Westminster; And I'm feeling good", chants Cllr Aitken
Purplebricks moves into Germany with Homeday acquisition
"The UK’s leading national transactional digital real estate platform" teams up with its German backer Axel Springer to take a stake in a Berlin-based online estate agency
Galliard & Apsley back Brum with £500m development drive
JV commits to delivering five major schemes in the UK's second city, starting off with the Claridge-designed reworking of a former timber yard and joinery factory
Lord Best to lead probe into estate agency regulation & mandatory qualifications
Government follows up on plans "to raise standards across the property agent sector" with a new Working Group of industry experts
In Pictures: Capco launches KPF-designed boutique scheme in Covent Garden
Developer debuts 29 new units at Kohn Pedersen Fox's Floral Court, with BradyWilliams on interiors
Prime Central London is already on the turn, says buying agency
"The evidence is growing that the market has not only bottomed out, but is showing signs of accelerating", according to Black Brick