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Government ‘must up housing target by 50% and build 300,000 homes a year’ says Lords’ report
The Government must lift its target by a full 50% and build 300,000 homes each year to tackle the housing crisis, according to the cross-party House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee.
Californian firm buys London proptech outfit Virtual Walkthrough
Sold to US company Matterport in what both parties are calling "the first significant acquisition of a UK based proptech company"
Stately home modelled on the original Buckingham Palace asks £14.5m
The magnificent Hinwick House in Wellingborough
End London’s ‘welcome mat’ for money launderers says Committee
The Home Affairs Committee has published its long-awaited report into money laundering today, in which it fingers the London property investment market for "making a safe haven for laundering the…
£500m loan puts Wanda’s One Nine Elms back on track
Chinese bank Ping An has agreed to dish out the dosh - with a £100m initial drawdown
Sons & Co launches rare Holborn mews scheme
Delivering 35 apartments and duplexes just around the corner from Chancery Lane
Off-market deals on the rise in the country market
While the London team reports a trend for buyers casting their nets further in search of value, The Buying Solution's advisors in the country have noted a significant increase in the number of off-…
Ranked: The world’s most transparent real estate markets
A new report has ranked 109 of the world's real estate markets according to their transparency.
Brexit Bites: Supply sees ‘steepest fall on record’ as surveyors predict slow times ahead
June saw a "marked drop" in property market activity, says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, as buyer enquiries tumbled to their lowest level since 2008, the number of agreed sales tanked, new…
Revealed: The first private house to make the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist in 15 years
A remarkable project in the Forest of Dean is going up against a landmark university building in Oxford, the reimagining of one of the world's greatest research libraries, a gallery for Damien Hirst's…
83% of prime London properties sold in Q2 had a price cut
Over 83% of properties sold in prime London during Q2 2016 had a price reduction from the initial asking price, according to the latest research by Turnbull Property.
Prime London buyers cast the net wider in search of value
The Buying Solution has picked up on an interesting and increasing trend in the prime London market - buyers appear to be casting their nets much wider these days.