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Appetite for long-term mortgages soars as August heats up
The number of homebuyers looking to secure a 30+ year mortgage has jumped from just 8% a year ago to 21% in Q2 2015, according to broker Mortgage Advice Bureau.
Vendors offer stingiest August price discount since 2007
The average asking price of property coming to market slipped by a mere 0.8% over the last month, according to Rightmove, the strongest August performance since 2007.
Extraordinary competition seeks ‘groundbreaking’ designs for London Green Belt mansion
Planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore has launched an open international competition on behalf of one of its clients to create something that could be rather special: A 10,000 square foot 5-6…
Bloomsbury Setting: RUF debuts project on street that inspired Peter Pan
Developer RUF Properties has launched its latest project in Bloomsbury, the reimagining of a house said to have inspired Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie.
Luxury asset lender enters the prime resi arena
An online platform that lets people borrow cash by putting their luxury assets up as collateral is apparently poised to make a "big splash" in the prime and super-prime resi sector.
Principia scales new heights for charity
The brave souls at Principia Estate and Asset Management have raised a whopping £17,000 in aid of male cancer charity the Orchid Cancer Appeal, by abseiling 541 feet down London's scarily-high Broadgate…
Opportunities & Pitfalls: How macro machinations are affecting EMEA’s luxury property market
The ultra-wealthy's appetite for luxury properties in Europe, the Middle East and Africa is growing, says Sotheby's International Real Estate and Wealth-X, after the pair's UHNW Residential Real Estate…
EMEA’s Future-Prime Hotspots: Madrid, Dubai and Cape Town
With the per square foot price of property in London standing at between three and nine times as much as that of Madrid, Dubai and Cape Town, these three cities all present strong and improving value…
Giant Mortlake brewery site hits the market
One of the biggest resi development opportunities in SW London has just hit the market.
Sign of the Times: John D Wood’s long-serving boards get a ‘modern makeover’
Estate agency John D Wood & Co has touched up its For Sale and To Let boards, revamping a design that's lined streets across London, Surrey, Hampshire and Oxfordshire unchanged for the last 25 years.
Covent Garden ex-council causes a stir
Dubbed "the UK's most expensive ex-local authority flat"
Stumbling Blocks: The brick ‘famine’ stifling London’s housing market
A massive shortfall of bricks is threatening to become the biggest stumbling block for resi developers across the capital, according to new claims that some firms are already turning down opportunities…