Format: News
Quantifying the return on home improvements
"What difference would £50,000 worth of home improvements make to the value of your property?"
This was the question posed to 2,000 UK homeowners recently, revealing some very confident consumers.
Relocation searches ‘up by 50%’ in prime London lettings market
The prime London lettings market is showing "signs of positivity", with a "healthy" number of deals being agreed for this time of year, according to Knightsbridge agency W.A. Ellis.
Number of registered architects hits record high
37,989 are currently registered with the Architects Registration Board (ARB), up from 35,157 in 2014
Scotland plans to extend permitted development rights to build more, faster
Scotland's government is planning to extend permitted development rights (PDRs) in an effort to get more homes built and to speed up the planning process.
Lester’s Haus scales back in London
Haus branches in Chiswick and Shepherds Bush have closed up shop
Stacks becomes first RICS-accredited independent buying agency
Firm set up some 32 years ago and HQ-ed in Gloucestershire
King’s Road Crossrail hub gets TfL backing
The prospect of a Crossrail station on the King's Road in Chelsea has moved a step closer.
What impact will Brexit really have on the UK’s prime resi markets?
Savills has done a sterling job of summing up where we're at and identifying the "key drivers" at play in the post-Brexit arena.
OnTheMarket’s ‘one other portal’ rule gears up for legal challenge
OnTheMarket.com and 18-branch estate agency Gascoigne Halman are readying themselves for a landmark legal battle
Where should the Camerons move to next?
Since leaving No.11 Downing Street, the Camerons have been ensconced in a stop-gap £17m mansion in Holland Park. They're making it work, but the big question is where to next?
Major drop-off in sales of London homes under construction
Following yesterday's stats showing a 2008-trumping trough in London's second hand resi market during Q2, new data has turned the spotlight on what's been happening in the new-build market.
Mall Change: Admiralty Arch residences hit the market
A single, 15,000 square foot stonker would pack 12 bedroom suites, six-metre ceilings and could be worth, according to some estimates, up to £150m