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Construction workloads on the up despite skills shortages
Construction workloads rose in Q2 2015 with 44% more respondents to the RICS' regular survey reporting higher activity levels (up from 37% on the previous quarter), driven by office development and private…
Election hammers Countrywide’s profits
Countrywide has posted a big slump in pre-tax profits after a "difficult" H1.
Announcing its results for the year to June, the UK's biggest estate agency said pre-tax profits of £28.
Foxtons sales revenues tumble
The ambience at Foxtons plc HQ will be a bit different to the ebullience at Rightmove Towers this morning, as the London estate agency reports a chunky 10.
Investors back ‘game-changing’ property transaction platform
Cloud-based venture has already processed £6m in fees since soft-launching in February
Another super-prime deal goes down on Avenue Road
A big sale has gone through on leafy Avenue Road in St John's Wood, just a few weeks after a neighbouring mansion changed hands for over £40m.
‘Walled garden’ voted most wanted outdoor feature
The humble walled garden has trumped every other type of outside feature in a survey of UK homeowners.
The Strutt & Parker poll asked 2000 people to choose their most-wanted outdoor component, and 21.
Plentific and ZPG team up to launch ‘Find a Pro’ service
Plentific & Zoopla Property Group have just rolled out a new service - Find a Pro - which aims to make it really easy for consumers to track down decent local tradespeople for home-related projects…
Planning nod for Canary Wharf’s Herzog & de Meuron resi tower
Tower Hamlets council has green-lighted plans for a "striking" new resi structure in the City.
The Collection LLP boosts property management team
Mayfair-based consultancy The Collection LLP has hired Chloé Tilby as Property Manager.
Cameron’s ‘Dirty Money’ Shakedown: Prime property industry reactions
David Cameron's vow to crack down on the purchase of UK properties via “anonymous shell companies” grabbed plenty of headlines yesterday.
Television Centre penthouses to cost £7m each
More details have been emerging about the resi element of Stanhope's £1.5bn transformation of BBC Television Centre.
Rightmove claims to have 50% more property listings than any other UK portal
Rightmove has announced a 10% increase the number of UK property listings over the first half of the year, taking the portal's share of traffic to the top four UK property websites up from 77% in June…