Format: News
“Debilitating” taxes cause Singapore property market slump
Total residential investment sales in Singapore slumped to S$862.
London resi projects lead construction growth
Residential construction - high value London projects in particular - is leading the industry charge, with 36% of January's total construction contracts going for home uses.
Types of projects
Hackney Quick: 350 buyers queue up in East London
If you needed proof that the capital's property market was sizzling hot right now, how about 350 buyers queuing up outside an estate agency for the chance to buy an off-plan flat?
The Mission
Like, Yah: Winkworth goes coffee shop chic
What did people do before classic US sitcom Friends gave rise to coffee shops on every street corner? Where on earth did freelancers and students sit all day? When did skinny chai tea lattes become acceptable?
Make-your-own Bordeaux: Berry Bros offers fine wine-making by the barrel
Forget BYOB. Tipple-monger Berry Bros. & Rudd has usurped the idea with MYOB.
RDAS names new Chairman
Simon Hodson, head of JLL's Residential Land team, has been appointed as Chairman of the Residential Development Agents Society (RDAS).
Supply lines under pressure as demand shows no signs of letting up – Bidwells
Countryside Properties' proposed new scheme, part of the Great Kneighton development project
The Cambridge new homes market is witnessing one of its busiest trading periods over the last decade and beyond.
“Best waterside development site on the South Coast” comes up for sale
Billed as "the best waterside development site on the entire English South Coast", a massive opportunity has come up in Devon with plans for 90 new homes with direct river frontage.
Chances to buy 3.
Lodha strikes again in London with £90m Holborn acquisition
Mumbai-based uber-developer Lodha has struck again in prime London, buying the London School of Business and Finance's Holborn campus, New Court on Carey Street, for around £90m with big plans to turn…
Middleton expands into London
Home Counties buying agency Middleton Advisors is expanding into the capital to deal with "a rising number of commissions to acquire prime London residential property."
Watson
New £150m prime resi scheme for St James’s?
Rumours of another big PCL acquisition are doing the rounds, this time in St James's, where its been reported private equity firm Henley Investments has snapped up a period office block with designs…
Battersea Power Station gears up for launch of next phase
Strap on your helmets; a date's been set for the next Battersea Power Station stampede.