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MCIFA strengthens Family Office Division
London-based HNW property finance specialist, MCIFA, has appointed Mariel Maretti to head up its Family Office Division
Landlords’ immigration checks will be a “light touch” – Prisk
Mark Prisk, the Housing Minister, has claimed that landlords' responsibilities for checking the immigration status of their tenants, as proposed in the Queen's Speech, will be a "light touch"
Planning nod for Oakvest’s Grosvenor Gardens House scheme
Westminster planners have given the thumbs up to a right royal restoration and development of Grosvenor Gardens House in Belgravia
Battersea Power Station calls in Carillion as £400m preferred bidder
Construction behemoth Carilllion has been appointed as the preferred bidder for Battersea Power Station's Circus West first phase
Hamptons raises £25k for Cancer Research UK
Hamptons' staff have baked and raffled their way to raising £25,000 for Cancer Research UK since an official corporate partnership was announced between the charity and the estate agency in February.
Floods covered for another month as insurance deadline looms
As the 30th June looms with no concrete agreement on flood insurance in sight, British insurers have agreed to carry on offering flood insurance for an extra month, until 31st July 2013
Shell Centre plans approved; works to start this year
**UPDATE: Plans approved! Braeburn Estates (the JV between Canary Wharf and Qatari Diar) has bagged planning permission for the Shell Centre site
Battersea Power Station sales reach $1bn as 95% of Phase One sold
SP Setia and Sime Darby's Battersea Power Station development has breached the $1bn sales mark, with £677m-worth of sales contracts signed since the launch in January.
James Caan’s HBRE launches Ivy Gate estate agency
James Caan and Faisal Butt's venture capital firm Hamilton Bradshaw Real Estate (HBRE) has, after much trailing of its "Estate Agency is Changing" slogan, launched its latest venture: Surrey-based estate…
Level Best: Buyers pay 35% premium for lateral space
Buyers are prepared to pay 35% more per square foot for a lateral apartment than a house, according to some new stats out today.
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BPF calls for a review of the review process
The British Property Federation has today called for the government to consider further reforms to streamline the judicial review process and reduce the unnecessary delay and cost to development projects
Magic planning run for Alchemi as Leinster Square development approved
Property development group Alchemi is having a pretty strong run of it, bagging three major prime resi planning approvals within the last month