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Growing Underground: The 2.5 acre farm 100ft under London
There are plans afoot to create a 2.5 acre working farm in disused air raid tunnels under the Northern Line in London.
40% hike in £1m+ deals recorded
The latest data from the Land Registry shows a big annual increase in the amount of £1m+ deals recorded across the country.
Sales volumes by price range (England & Wales)
Tallest resi tower in London completes as English Heritage questions “fundamental change afoot”
There's over 200 20-storey-plus towers planned for London over the next two decades, according to English Heritage's latest predictions, which neatly coincide with the news that the tallest resi structure…
CBRE appoints Head of Affordable Housing
CBRE has appointed Isabella Slattery as Head of Affordable Housing to its resi consultancy team.
Peabody appoints Sales and Marketing Director to “spearhead move into private sales market”
One of London's oldest and largest charitable housing providers, Peabody, has heralded its move into the private sales market, appointing Annette Hurst as Sales and Marketing Director to head up its…
“Strong competition” for investment flats – W.A.Ellis
There's a fully-fledged bunfight for sub-£2m investment properties, according to the latest market report from W.A.
New recruit for Aston Chase
North London agency Aston Chase has added a new face to its highly successful St John's Wood outfit.
Holland Park to get London’s biggest basement extension?
At 16,000 square foot, it's being billed as "the largest and most opulent basement extension ever seen in Central London", but will it get through planning?
Holland Park, London
Big mortgage market opening up as high street lenders offer £1m+
The availability of £1m+ mortgages is on the up as high street lenders get back on the big spenders' scene, according to broker Springtide Capital.
UK housing stock now worth £5.2 trillion as North-South tilt steepens
The total value of the UK's housing stock rose by £186bn in 2013 to hit £5.2tr, according to some (big) number crunching by Savills, and by £1.6tr over the last decade from £3.6tr in 2003.
“All systems go” for Agents’ Mutual launch
Challenger property portal Agents’ Mutual has just confirmed that it has already “moved to implementation” after raising over £6m from over 500 Gold Member estate and lettings agencies.
Write-your-own-details online agency launches
Another new online estate agency has launched, but with a slight twist. Sellmyhome.co.uk, created by Knight Frank and Banda alumnus Will Clark, offers vendors the chance to write their own property descriptions.