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CBRE adds another to resi valuation team
CBRE has hired Kate Brennan (née Moxey) as Associate Director in its Residential Valuation team.
Splitting the Difference: Average discount from asking price shrinks to 2.9%
The gap between average asking prices and average prices achieved is smaller than at any time since 2007, according to new findings by Hamptons International
“Real” house prices still 16% below 2008 market peak
It's a "highly regionalised" market across the UK, according to Knight Frank's latest resi market update: average house prices across the country are 5% up on the year, with prime central London showing…
Artists in Residences: St James gifts RCA a Riverlight space
Property developer St James has decided to give the Royal College of Art an open studio space in its 806-resi unit Riverlight scheme in VNEB (Vauxhall, Nine Elms and Battersea)
Cotswolds top list of “least affordable” places to live
Country is significantly more pricey than town, according to some new research by Halifax, which concludes that there is "a rural premium in all regions" of the UK after pitching house prices against salaries
London asking prices rocket by an “unsustainable” 10% in a month
There's "no fear of a price bubble outside London", according to Rightmove's latest House Price Index; the capital's sit rep reads rather differently, though: asking prices in outer London are double those…
David Bailey exhibition to launch Marylebone prime development
Frogmore, Galliard Homes and O'Shea have teamed up with celebrity snapper David Bailey to show the best side of the partnership's new 44-unit Marylebone development, The Chilterns
“Strongest house purchase performance in five years” as lending rises 41%
Gross mortgage lending stuck at just over £16bn in September, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Last month's £16.2bn wasn't far off August's £16.4b
Not Alot: Drop in resi properties offered (and sold) at auction
A "surprising" 10% drop was recorded in the number of resi lots offered at auction last month
Westminster housing chief “steps aside”
Westminster's high-profile housing and property councillor - Jonathan Glanz - has reportedly resigned after penning an article on council tenants.
Over 55s most positive as house price confidence reaches (another) record high
Homeowners are more upbeat about house prices than at any time since February 2009, with pretty much everyone thinking that their property is the most valuable its ever been and that its going to get even…
No More Surprises: Berkeley calls for complete review of property tax system
Keep meddling with the property taxation system and you'll put the kibosh on the housing recovery, a new report commissioned by the Berkeley Group warns the government