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20% of home buyers in Oxford and Cambridge previously lived in London
Oxford and Cambridge have seen the best of Britain's price growth over the last year, says property search agency Garrington, with capital values increasing by 14.9% and 13.8% respectively.
Private rents have risen by 2.5% in the last year
Rents have risen by 2.5% across Great Britain in the last 12 months, and by 3.8% in London, according to the last Private Housing Rental Index from the Office of National Statistics.
Planning nod for Merchant Land’s Charlotte Street scheme
Merchant Land has been given the green light to redevelop three adjacent period buildings in Fitzrovia.
Prime London rental growth struggles to keep up with inflation
Prime rents have risen by 1.5% in London in the last 12 months, after a +0.
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.
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…
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