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Only 24% of vendors visit an agent’s offices before getting a valuation
Some interesting - if unsurprising - insights into how homeowners source and sell properties from Peter Knight's Property Academy / 4i newsletter...
Resi developer nails £57m Battersea acquisition
Fifth Capital London has reportedly landed a two-acre swathe of Battersea with designs on a £200m resi scheme.
Cooking Apple: New York super-prime sales up 120%
As median home prices across the US finally return to the kind of levels last seen in 2004, sales of New York's multimillion dollar resi properties have rocketed.
Galliard and Cain Hoy’s £1bn JV creates London’s biggest house builder
An agreement between privately-owned developer Galliard Homes and new US private investment firm Cain Hoy Enterprises is set to create London's largest house builder, with a £3.4bn portfolio.
Former Foster + Partners chief reveals next move
One of the biggest names in architecture, former Foster + Partners Chief Exec Mouzhan Majidi, has announced his next move after a 'shock' departure from the practice back in February.
Homeowner positivity chills out
Homeowners still tend to think that the value of their property is on the up, although "there is a clear shift towards a more moderate view of current and future price growth potential," says Knight Frank.
Chelsea Crossrail station ‘still on track’ as safeguarding plans updated
It looks like the King's Road option, rather than the World's End, is the front-runner for the location of a new Crossrail 2 station in Chelsea.
Mortgage lending jumps by 5% in a month as market steadies
Gross mortgage lending reached around £19n in October, estimates the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
Soho Works Estate comes up for sale
The Soho Works Estate, a half-acre site fronting both Great Marlborough Street and Poland Street, has just been listed for sale with a £67.5m price tag.
Malins scores Covent Garden office-to-resi scheme
The Malins Group has bought a slice of Covent Garden to turn into four high-spec apartments.
Knight Frank opens up in Barnes
Knight Frank has just opened the doors to its new office on Barnes High Street, SW London.
Green light for controversial school-to-resi scheme in Bath
One of Bath's most fiercely-debated new schemes was reportedly given the go-ahead by planners yesterday.
The project will use traditional Bath stone in a bid to blend in with neighbouring Lansdown Crescent