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Tokyo leads luxury residential market slowdown as Europe still struggles – Knight Frank
The average price of luxury homes in the world’s key cities fell by 0.4
Lauristons looking to buy
Lauristons, the LSL-owned West London estate agency, is actively looking to expand by buying other local lettings agents
Waitrose adds 25% to local property prices – Savills
What came first: the supermarket or the super market? Savills, having gorged on regional house price stats, has revealed that a Waitrose in the neighbourhood can raise local property prices by up to 50%
46% of prime London homes are £1m+, as off-centre property flourishes
We're going to need a new acronym. We've been hearing a lot recently about the "prime fringes" of London and of a "wealth creep" into areas outside of the traditional PCL (prime central London)
Confidence Building: Busiest quarter for construction industry since 2007
More professionals in the construction sector saw workloads rise than at any time since the end of 2007, according to the latest RICS construction market survey
New plans for Clarges Estate scheme; resi element boosted to nearly 50%
British Land has upped the resi component of its Mayfair masterplan from 63,000 sq ft to a whopping 94,000 sq ft - making up nearly half of the entire scheme
Scottish prime market steadies
It's not ground-shaking but it does mean the prime property market in Scotland is finally stabilising; Knight Frank recorded the smallest fall in Scottish prime property prices in nearly two years between …
Prime Punk: Henry & James agent to rock Glastonbury
What do you get if you cross the Sales Manager of a high-end estate agency, a legendary television presenter and the American punk movement?
RICS National Resi Conference 2013: Dates and form announced
If you're up for some technical insight and strategic debate this summer, you won't go far wrong by moseying down to RICS' National Residential Conference in July
Lambart & Browne penthouse launches at Verge Mayfair
There were top-notch canapes aplenty at the Harrods Estates-hosted soiree last night to debut the new Lambart & Browne penthouse at Verge Mayfair.
Lambart & Browne-designed Verge penthouse (Guide £4.5m).
Pevsner goes digital
Yale University Press has launched Pevsner's Architectural Glossary, an iPhone and iPad app version of the classic Pevsner Glossary of Architectural Terms hardback tome
Funding for Lending extended for a year
The Bank of England and HM Treasury announced yesterday (24 April 2013) an extension to the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS)