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Octopus launches new peer-to-peer lending platform
Octopus Investments - the firm behind Dragonfly Property Finance, Property Partner, and which back Zoopla - is rolling out a new breed of peer-to-peer lending platform aimed at financial advisors.
Amazon debuts £170m Park Crescent scheme
Three of the five first-phase apartments snapped up pre-launch
Westminster green-lights Millbank Tower transformation
An ambitious proposal to transform the landmark 32-storey Millbank Tower into a resi-led scheme has been given the green light by planners.
Villarum moves in on Henry VIII’s fairytale Norfolk mansion
William Cash's recently launched "serviced country house" business, Villarum Estates, has made a play for one of the most important historic houses in Norfolk, the spectacular Grade I listed East Barsham…
Coldwell Banker sets sights on Scotland and Wales
Luxury estate agency franchise Coldwell Banker is on the prowl for master franchisees in Scotland and Wales.
Stuart White controls operations across Great Britain for the US-based real estate firm;
Prefab Sprouting: ‘Lego-style’ rooftop extension craned onto Marylebone apartment
Apartment on Nottingham Place started life as a pretty modest 680 square foot 1.5-bed affair on a single-level of a period building
Monster six-acre Wentworth estate up for £27.5m
Opened back in 1926, the three Championship courses at Wentworth have occupied a place in the pantheon of golf ever since.
London’s rental market ‘pauses for breath’ as luxury demand dips
The pace of rental value escalation in the capital is easing, says Benham & Reeves, as the 'frenzied' market seen in 2015's first half is replaced by a more sedate period of conservative growth.
Londoners bought 43% of all £2m+ prime regional houses in Q1 as the town-country value gap closes
"There is now clear evidence that the record value gap between the prime London housing markets and the rest of the UK has begun to close", says Savills, as every region outperformed the capital in the…
The Spring Journal: Introducing PrimeResi Quarterly No.5
440 pages of essential news, opinion and in-depth analysis for the UK's prime residential industry
Against The Grain: Could this be London’s first timber skyscraper?
Researchers at Cambridge University’s Department of Architecture are working with PLP Architecture and engineers Smith and Wallwork on the future development of tall timber buildings in central London.
Property funds ‘bucking PCL trend’
London Central Portfolio has published advance information from its property fund accounts, claiming the firm's second effort has been "one of the best performing global investments over the last…