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Solicitors found liable in £500k property fraud case
A highly significant - and frankly terrifying - case has just been decided in the High Court, leaving some conveyancing solicitors liable for a half-a-million pound property scam.
The Quiet After the Storm: A ‘noticeable softening in near term sales expectations’ – RICS
There's been a "noticeable softening in near term sales expectations", says the RICS, as the new second homes SDLT surcharge puts paid to the Winter's buy-to-let rush, and uncertainty driven by the EU…
First Look: Gehry-designed show apartment opens at Battersea Power Station
The first Gehry Partners-designed apartment at Battersea Power Station has been unveiled.
Cushman’s Head of Resi takes the Residential Development Agent’s Society chair
Cushman & Wakefield’s Head of Residential, Candice Matthews, has been elected as chair of the Residential Development Agent’s Society (RDAS).
RDAS was started in 1995, and now has around 410 members.
Octopus launches new peer-to-peer lending platform
Octopus Investments - the firm behind Dragonfly Property Finance, Property Partner, and which back Zoopla - is rolling out a new breed of peer-to-peer lending platform aimed at financial advisors.
Amazon debuts £170m Park Crescent scheme
Three of the five first-phase apartments snapped up pre-launch
Westminster green-lights Millbank Tower transformation
An ambitious proposal to transform the landmark 32-storey Millbank Tower into a resi-led scheme has been given the green light by planners.
Mount Anvil and Farrells complete ‘landmark’ Tech City project
Farrells and Mount Anvil have put the finishing touches to their major new Silicon Roundabout scheme, The Eagle.
How the prime markets beyond London have been performing
The price gap between London and the prime regions has begun to narrow, albeit very slowly, says Savills' Lucian Cook...
£1M Per Year: Entire floor up for rent in super-prime Holland Green scheme
A whole floor in Chelsfield's nigh-sold-out Holland Green scheme has come up for rent at a combined asking of over £1m per year.
U+I creates Executive Committee to drive ‘continued evolution’
Six months after Development Securities and Cathedral Group completed their union under the new U+I Plc banner, the property regeneration firm has formed an Executive Committee - ExCo - to push the business's…
Coldwell Banker sets sights on Scotland and Wales
Luxury estate agency franchise Coldwell Banker is on the prowl for master franchisees in Scotland and Wales.
Stuart White controls operations across Great Britain for the US-based real estate firm;