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‘Walled garden’ voted most wanted outdoor feature
The humble walled garden has trumped every other type of outside feature in a survey of UK homeowners.
The Strutt & Parker poll asked 2000 people to choose their most-wanted outdoor component, and 21.
Plentific and ZPG team up to launch ‘Find a Pro’ service
Plentific & Zoopla Property Group have just rolled out a new service - Find a Pro - which aims to make it really easy for consumers to track down decent local tradespeople for home-related projects…
Planning nod for Canary Wharf’s Herzog & de Meuron resi tower
Tower Hamlets council has green-lighted plans for a "striking" new resi structure in the City.
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
Another super-prime deal goes down on Avenue Road
A big sale has gone through on leafy Avenue Road in St John's Wood, just a few weeks after a neighbouring mansion changed hands for over £40m.
‘Tens of thousands of new homes’ could be built ahead of CX2’s Chelsea-Hackney line opening
Mayor Boris of London has launched a new Growth Commission to "help realise Crossrail 2’s full potential to boost economic growth in London and across the UK," arguing that "tens of thousands of homes…
GB household property debt hits £1 trillion
Total household property debt was estimated to be £1 trillion in 2010 to 2012, up from £980 billion in 2008 to 2010, according to a new report from the ONS.