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Residential lending specialist Titlestone Property Finance has hired Grenville Turner, the former Chief Executive of Countrywide Plc, as its new Chairman.

Zoopla Property Group Plc has moved into the price comparison arena, acquiring the top home energy and communications player in the UK market, uSwitch, for £160m plus a performance-based earn-out of up…

The Lonres Residential Review, Spring 2015: The sales market. As befits an election year, demand levels have dropped and, as a result, so have transactions and values.

Conditions in the residential rental market of prime London remain more bouyant than the sales market, although there is still an air of caution among tenants.

Growth in the UK economy in 2014 stands at 2.8%, the highest rate recorded since 2006.

Average greenfield residential development land prices fell by 1.8% in Q1, says Knight Frank, taking the annual change to -0.

House prices across England and Wales have dropped by 0.8% since February, according to the latest batch of Land Registry data, taking the annual price change to +5.3%.

Foxtons has reported raking in total revenues of £33.1m in Q1, down 3.1% on the same period last year.

Overall demand for prime London homes has shot up by 20% in Q1, says Marsh & Parsons, with first time buyers and investors each accounting for nearly a third of sales.

After venturing East, Marsh & Parsons has turned its sights to NW London and launched a new office in Queen’s Park. Tatiana Neves

Westminster is considering issuing an unprecedented enforcement notice that would require the recreation of a demolished pub "in facsimile" within 18 months.

It’s not nosey. Just interesting to see the type of stuff that’s going through planning at the moment…