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Government updates development appraisal tool
The Homes & Communities Agency's free development appraisal tool - a site specific cashflow spreadsheet that assesses the viability of a scheme - has been updated to a newer, shinier version.
Winkworth launches Corporate Services department
London's biggest estate agency, Winkworth, has launched a new centralised service for relocation agents and corporate clients searching across its 90-office UK and international network.
Middleton gets behind grassroots rugby
Buying agents by day and rugby fanatics by the weekend, the team at Middleton Advisors have decided to combine their two favourite things by sponsoring youth squads across the search firm's Surrey,…
A Capital Polarised: How levels of buyer activity vary across London
The number of London homes sold for over £2m has almost halved so far this year, down 48.7% on the same period a year ago.
Planners ‘astonished’ to find Kensington property had been demolished
RBKC planners have halted work on a site in Kensington after an ad hoc visit revealed the developer had cracked on before fulfilling a key condition of the permission.
Abingdon Road in Kensington (archive)
Ted Baker moves into interior design with That Group
Fashion brand Ted Baker is moving into interior design, signing a £250,000 deal to deck out a development in Bournemouth.
Vendor proposes ‘buy house; get free wife’ offer
A house in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta has been listed for sale with one unusual extra – a free wife if the asking price is met, writes Andrew Batt.
Foxtons profits end up after ‘a year of two halves’
Foxtons Group Plc's pre-tax profits jumped by 8.2% last year, despite a "sharp downturn" through the second half and some naysaying from financial pundits.
Green House: Belgravia refurb becomes first listed building to hit BREEAM Outstanding
A Grade II listed home on Ebury Street, Belgravia, has won BRE's BREEAM Residential Award after becoming the first listed building in the UK to achieve the highest possible "Outstanding" rating for its…
‘Dramatic’ fall in PCL house sales (even for an election year)
A significant reduction in transactions is to be expected in an election year, but there have only been nineteen house sales across the whole of Belgravia, Chelsea, Knightsbridge and Kensington in…
The rise of resi, Asia’s ‘flight to safety’ and other global real estate megatrends
Residential property is "moving out of the public or semi-public sector and specialist investor/developer ambit, and into the mainstream," and the movement of capital from East to West is likely to remain…
Crown Estate names new Head of Development
The Crown Estate has appointed Matt Giles as its new Head of Development.