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Property prices to rise by 20% over the next five years – Knight Frank
UK house prices will grow by 20.3% over the next five years, predicts Knight Frank, with prime central London bouncing back after a slow 2016 to deliver +20.
The correction in prime central London ‘has already happened’ – W.A.Ellis
The bubble may have burst in PCL but the effect is not as decimating as recent reports from UBS and Deutsche bank might suggest, says W.A.Ellis' Richard Barber...
Suburban Resistance: How Outer London boroughs turned down 4,160 potential new homes in H1
London's Inner boroughs are granting planning permission for more new homes than all the surrounding Outer boroughs put together, according to new research out today.
Kitchen Drink: Demand for wine coolers up by a third
Nearly half (48%) of kitchen designers and property developers say that customers have requested wine coolers in the last 12 months, according to a survey by Direct Line Premium Insurance.
Prices to rise by 25% in five years as ‘no easing in supply constraint’ – RICS
UK House prices are expected to rise by 4.5% per annum over the next five years, delivering a cumulative increase of around 25% according to the latest from RICS.
RICS Forecasts
The average home now changes hands every 19 years
The average number of years between property sales has dropped from nearly 25 to just under 19 since 2010, with southern homes shifting far more frequently than those in the North.
The Devil is in the Detail: Is London really in ‘bubble-risk’ territory?
Is the London property market a bubble risk? It may be, but UBS’ recent one page report on the capital does not prove it, argues Maskells boss and former banker Charles Curran...
Lettings promotions at Aylesford International
Negotiators Charlotte Mitchell-Innes and Olivia Canning to AD level
JLL recruits Savills man to run Residential Investment team
JLL has recruited a new Regional Director to head up the firm's Residential Investment team.
Bell Ingram wins Landmark deal to restore historic Scottish buildings
Perthshire-based Bell Ingram has secured a new contract with The Landmark Trust to upgrade 19 of Scotland’s most famous historic buildings, including The Macintosh Building in Perthshire and The Pineapple…
House of the Year #2: Two more homes join the Manser shortlist
An experimental London house incorporating the walls of a 19th century stable into its split-wing design (Kew House) and Vaulted House, a sophisticated family house in Chiswick characterised by six skylight…
Housing supply jumps 25% as new-builds and conversions soar – HMRC
170,690 new homes were added to England's total housing supply in 2014-15, representing a massive 25% increase in net additional dwellings from 2013-14, according to the latest from HMRC.