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Countrywide builds resi development array with new homes agency acquisition
Countrywide plc has "further enhanced its focus on the residential development market" by acquiring North London new-build specialist agency, Lanes Land & New Homes.
London’s best home extensions: The Winners
A Lewisham project by Tsuruta Architects has been named overall winner of the New London Architecture (NLA) Don’t Move Improve! 2016 awards for the best new home extensions.
RIBA Chief Exec steps down
RIBA's Chief Executive, Harry Rich, has decided to leave the organisation.
Clapham outperforms as Emerging Prime outshines Prime
On the whole, London's Emerging Prime districts performed slightly better than their Prime counterparts in 2015, according to Douglas & Gordon's latest figures.
RBKC to publish planners’ advice
Kensington & Chelsea Council is to start publishing the pre-application advice given by its planning officers.
Osborne ‘has done more for the rental market than any other Chancellor in history’
According to the - pretty roasting - heat map below, virtually every borough in Zones 1 and 2 turned in a 4%+ annual increase in average rental values last year.
Boutique resi developer named as one of Britain’s top luxury brands
Echlin has become the first property developer to be appointed a member of UK luxury industry body Walpole.
Echlin co-founders Sam McNally and Mark O'Callaghan
Buy-to-let rush drives an ‘unusually buoyant’ market – RICS
Demand for residential properties rose in December to a three-month high, with anecdotal evidence suggesting that a buy-to-let rush ahead of April's 3% SDLT levy is at least partly to blame, says the Royal…
Countrywide confident on profits after ‘encouraging’ Q4
Britain's biggest estate agency Countrywide has reported an "encouraging" Q4, despite the general slowdown in transaction volumes and uncertainty around buy-to-let stamp duty and mortgage interest relief.
Transactions surge with December deal numbers up by 11.6%
108,710 residential deals went down in December, according to seasonally-adjusted numbers from HMRC.
That's a 1.9% increase on November's number, and a chunky 11.6% above last December's tally;
Seven senior promotions at MoreySmith
Architectural interior design studio MoreySmith has just promoted seven members of its 30-strong team to senior roles, with Lesley Kelly taking on the newly-created title of Director of Architecture.
PCL Winners & Losers 2015: Knightsbridge top of the flops as Islington outperforms
Average values in prime central London ended 2015 up 1% after a flat December, according to Knight Frank's year-end tallies.