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Land Reg trials ownership data on a map
The Land Registry is trialling a mapping interface for its data with Landmark Information Group.
Octopus buys Dragonfly
Jonathan Samuel's short-term lending business Dragonfly Property Finance has been bought-up by Octopus Capital Ltd, the holding company of Octopus Investments Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.
London councils challenge office-to-resi rights
Camden, Islington, Lambeth and Richmond councils are limbering up for a High Court challenge to permitted development rights that allow the conversion of office space to residential use.
Countrywide Chairman steps down
Chairman of Countrywide plc, the UK's biggest property services group, has announced he'll be stepping down with immediate effect.
Artists and architects draw London for construction aid charity
Bill Hanway - Nicholas Hawksmoor’s Christ Church
Elizabeth House decision called in for review
Air-punching from English Heritage and UNESCO; not so much from London & Regional Properties and Chelsfield.
Resi development land values post another rise as developers look beyond “oven-ready” sites – Knight Frank
Resi development land values across the UK (excluding London) recorded another three months of "convincing" growth between July and September, according to Knight Frank's latest findings.
Fine & Country opens 7th Surrey office
Fine & Country has opened its seventh office in Surrey, on St Judes Road, Englefield Green. Paul Garrod is running the show, which will specialise in marketing £800k+ homes.
Resi sales sector “taking no notice of the approaching holiday season” – Cluttons
Over a third of tenants actively looking to buy a home are doing so because they are anxious to pre-empt further price rises, says Cluttons in its latest tome.
Rightmove enquiries rocket 80%
Rightmove has reported a decent July-October session with "healthy growth in revenue and earnings" as agents spend more on advertising.
UK has highest property tax rate in the developed world: The full story
Making property taxes fair both politically and economically is no simple task; should tax aim to reduce housing demand or increase housing supply?
Policy Exchange's comprehensive "Taxing Issues?
Spicerhaart back Agents’ Mutual
The Spicerhaart Group has signed up its 190 resi sales and lettings branches to new 100% agent-owned portal Agents' Mutual, joining the likes of Savills, Knight Frank, Chesterton Humberts, Douglas & Gordon,…