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‘Sigh of relief’ after Supreme Court ruling on landlord’s duty
Court of Appeal's judgment left buy-to-let and other intermediate landlords facing the risk of potential claims for personal injury or other damages
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…
Ratings agency warns of tough times ahead for luxury developers
As big commercial property funds gear up to offload assets in the wake of the Brexit vote and its ensuring rush on redemptions (it looks like Henderson, for example, is looking to sell the Coutts HQ on…