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‘Very special’ Phillimore mansion up for £12.5m
A right stunner has come up for sale on Kensington's Phillimore Estate.
Lords Committee slams ‘short-sighted’ government housing policy
An influential House of Lords Committee has ripped into the UK Government's current housing policy, lambasting it as "short sighted" and "unlikely to meet demand for either the quantity or quality of…
£200m development plan for Oxford’s West End
A joint venture between Oxford City Council and Nuffield College has acquired a swathe of central Oxford, with plans for a major £200m mixed-use scheme, which promises to "breathe new life into the heart…
Sting & Trudie Styler sell off prize contents of ‘the ultimate London home’
150 items from Sting and Trudie Styler's glorious St James's townhouse are being sold off at Christie's next week.
Number of £1m+ homes ‘to more than triple’ by 2030
The number of UK properties worth at least £1m is expected "to more than triple between now and 2030", says Santander Mortgages, rising from under 500,000 today to over 1.6 million in 15 years' time.
London the ‘guinea pig’ for New York’s pied-à-terre tax
The UK is being seen as a "guinea pig" by policymakers pondering a "pied-à-terre tax" across the pond.
‘9% of UK adults have cancelled plans to invest’ in buy-to-let
This is a punchy claim: "9% of UK adults say they have cancelled plans to invest in BtL".
‘The fall in owner occupation appears to have abated’ – English Housing Survey
"After a period of recent decline, the fall in owner occupation appears to have abated," says the latest English Housing Survey, which also reports that homeowners are "more satisfied" with life than…
Global economic growth prospects ‘have practically flatlined’ – OECD
Achieving strong growth in the global economy remains elusive, with only a modest recovery in advanced economies and slower activity in emerging markets, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic…
Government launches upward extension plan for London
The Government has published its consultation on the introduction of a new London-wide permitted development right, allowing additional storeys to be built up to the roofline of an adjoining building.
London’s asking prices ‘to reach more realistic levels by the start of 2017’
The days of prime London acting as a "money making machine" are over for now, according to Cushman & Wakefield, but the outlook is still positive.
Goldsmith and Kahn bail on mayoral housing debate
The big guns in London's mayoral race both dropped out of a major debate on housing last night.
The hustings candidates