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Gross mortgage lending jumps 37% as market confidence ‘runs high’
Around £15.4bn-worth of mortgages were dished out in March, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, taking Q1's haul to £46.3bn.
That £15.4bn is 33% higher than last March's £11.6bn
National market back on track as transactions build but don’t boom
The national housing market is 'showing signs of strengthening' says CBRE, as transaction levels maintain 2013's strength (last year saw 1
If a property was worth £1m in 2007…
By Savills' reckoning, values in the inner commuter zone are now at least back to their 2007 peak, and those in the outer commuter zones aren't far off
Letting redress schemes get compulsory
The Housing Minister Kris Hopkins has decreed that all letting and property management agents will be required to join an approved redress scheme later this year
Grainger moves into prime SW3 with 61-house portfolio deal
Grainger plc, Britain's biggest listed residential property owner/manager, has bought a 61-house portfolio in Chelsea for £160m.
Largest of Scotland’s Summer Isles comes up for sale
One of the finest private islands in the UK has just come up for sale, with a price tag of nearly £2m.
Residential development land prices rise 7.3% as demand builds up
Residential development land prices in England and Wales are 7.3% higher now than at the same time last year, after a 0.8% increase in Q1, according to Knight Frank.
That 7
Disaster at Finchatton and Abu Dhabi’s Grosvenor Square scheme
The former US Navy building at 20 Grosvenor Square, which was bought by the Abu Dhabi Investment Corporation and Finchatton in June last year for £250m for conversion into luxury apartments, partially co…
EDM buys online property data network
One of the UK's biggest property data networks has been snapped up by information giant EDM Group.
The five best property websites in the world?
The annual Webby Awards aim to recognise the best websites on the 'net; this year's 'Peoples' Voice' Real Estate category offers up five super-clean image-led sites from around the world, including one…
New Sales & Marketing Director for Mount Anvil
Developer Mount Anvil (the firm behind schemes like Dollar Bay in Canary Wharf, The Landau in Fulham and The Lexicon in Islington) has hired a new Sales and Marketing Director
INTERVIEW: Gary Hersham on why he said yes to BBC2’s ‘Under Offer’
Co-head of super-prime Beauchamp Estates - made quite an impression