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‘Relatively subdued’ lending figures ‘buoyed significantly’ by BtL remortgaging
Mortgage lending in April was weaker compared to a year ago, says the CML, but the numbers are being "buoyed" significantly by remortgage activity in the buy-to-let sector.
Pristine Fijian island up for grabs
An 11-hectare uninhabited island just 36km away from Fiji's Nadi airport is being offered for sale by Knight Frank New Zealand, with plans to create either a boutique resort or a single private residence.
Grand Registry: The top 50 recorded deals of 2015 so far
Not every property sale gets recorded by the Land Registry - far from it in fact - but of the top fifty most expensive deals that have been lodged so far this year (January to April), only four were…
University Challenge: £400m Ardent Portfolio hits the market
A £400m portfolio of student digs across 12 UK University cities is being offloaded by The International Mutual Fund.
LonRes unveils brand new look
Data platform LonRes has revealed a top-to-toe rebrand this morning.
Berkeley closes in on £180m ‘Gateway to central London’ site
Tony Pidgley's Berkeley Group is said to be closing in on a deal to acquire the 2.7-acre West End Green site on Edgware Road.
Knight Frank Finance strengthens Development team
Knight Frank Finance has made two key hires as it looks to boost the range of funding offered to developers.
Kate Schofield
Hot or Not: World cities ranked by real estate investment giant
Which of the world's major real estate markets are currently worth investing in, or merely poking at with the other end of a barge pole?
Rent Rage: The secrets of an unhappy landlord-tenant relationship
High-end London lettings agency EJ Harris has trawled through its archive of client-tenant paperwork to draw up a list of things that are most likely to cause friction between landlords and tenants in…
‘Ground-breaking’ Savills & China Minsheng JV sets sights on prime London
More details have been emerging about the new joint venture between Savills Investment Management (formerly Cordea Savills) and China’s first national-level private investment company.
Post-election estate agent hype ‘was perhaps overzealous’ – D&G
"Post-election, the jury is out on sales," says London estate agency Douglas & Gordon, "but we can conclude that estate agent hype was perhaps overzealous."
Global HNWIs gear up to boost their real estate investments
Nine out of ten global high net worth individuals are planning on either increasing or maintaining their directly-owned real estate holdings, according to a major new poll of wealth managers and private…