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Flats and maisonettes lead PCL’s price growth – LCP
Prime central London has - "contrary to generally downbeat reports in 2014" - delivered the highest level of property price growth since the economic recovery properly kicked off in 2010, says an optimistic London…
Australia to curb foreign property investment ‘within weeks’
Australia will be unveiling plans to put the brakes on foreign investment into its resi property market "within weeks" in a bid to curtail soaring prices.
Dukelease brews up sales in Covent Garden
As developer Dukelease adds the finishing touches to its boutique 29-unit Hop House scheme in Covent Garden, it's reporting that nearly all of the apartments have been sold off-plan.
Listed status bid for Hyde Park Barracks
The Twentieth Century Society has submitted a listing application for Hyde Park Barracks to prevent the demolition of what it calls "a truly remarkable, innovative and singular group of buildings".
Savills Bahrain opens international resi sales suite
Savills has launched a dedicated resi sales offering in Bahrain for local residents keen to buy in the UK, Europe or the Americas.
Policy Statements of Intent: How the main pre-manifesto positions stack up
Housebuilding, property taxes and tenancy lengths in the private rented sector have been flagged up as the "bones of contention" in the major political parties' pre-election banter.
Historic England announces first Chief Exec
Duncan Wilson has been named as the first Chief Executive of Historic England, the government-operated arm of what is, until April, English Heritage.
Westminster’s voter-free developments
Some of prime central London's higher-end residential blocks have no registered voters living in them at all, trumpet Westminster's Labour councillors.
Government outlines London’s short-term lettings shake-up
The government has been laying out its plans to ditch the "confusing" restrictions on short-terms lets in the capital.
The Big Freeze: Nathalie Hirst on waiting for the top of the market to thaw
For those with nerves of steel and an iron constitution, it's a good time to take a punt, says top buying agent Nathalie Hirst...
£250m Teddington Studios scheme sold to Singaporean developer
Just three months after planning was given to turn one of the UK's best-known film studios into a £250m resi scheme, a buyer has been found in the shape of a listed Singaporean developer with a billionaire…
Hedge funds begin to cash-in on a falling London property market
"Several hedge funds have taken out short positions, essentially bets that a company’s share price will fall, against estate agents Foxtons and Savills, along with property portal Zoopla, and housebuilder…