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“Unbridled housing boom” is unlikely in 2014 – CML
The housing and mortgage markets are likely to carry on getting busier in 2014, according to the latest forecasts from the Council of Mortgage Lenders, but the CML "sees an unbridled housing boom as…
“Anaemic supply” driving up house prices
Expectations for future house price growth hit a more than 14-year high in November, says the RICS in its latest sentiment survey, as the amount of homes coming onto the nation's market, once again, fell…
“Strong but not spectacular” 2014 on the cards for prime London – Marsh & Parsons
Marsh & Parsons is expecting London prices to "stabilise" next year, with annual growth of between 5-7%.
After recording a chunky 10.
Nod for £50m prime Edinburgh resi scheme
Edinburgh-specialist developer Queensberry and Telereal Trillium have won detailed planning permission for 81 high-end homes in one of the city's most high-falutin suburbs.
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“Serious risk of oversupply” in parts of prime central London market – Candy
Warm on the heels of Savills' warnings about oversupply at the top end of the market, One Hyde Park supremo Nick Candy has also been voicing his concerns about the number of prime and super-prime schemes…
Janine Stone launches budget(ish) interiors service
Interior design maven Janine Stone has launched a new diffusion arm, STUDIO, to tap into demand for "a more financially-accessible service."
Estate Agency of the Year Awards 2013: The Winners
If you were wondering what all the commotion was about in Lancaster Gate on Thursday night, that's where the great and the good of the resi property world descended for its annual knees-up in the guise…
Top 10 crimes against period homes – RICS
The Daily Mail's been reporting about The Duchess (Middleton) causing strife in the village by replacing traditional Georgian roof tiles with "Barratt Homes" red ones. The horror.
English Heritage bags an extra £5m to ease charity transition
English Heritage has secured an extra £5m to add to it's £80m war chest to help it segue into charity status.
Read William Cash's interview with EH boss Dr Simon Thurley here.
Grosvenor raises £210m of debt for Belgravia spending
Sounds like there's a prime spending spree in the offing; Grosvenor has raised £210m of unsecured long term debt to "help finance forthcoming investment in Belgravia."
Agents Mutual “has smashed” targets
So we knew that Agents' Mutual - the new agent-owned property portal - was doing pretty well, but news has just come in that Ian Springett's project "has smashed its initial target of 1000 Gold member…
California Scheming: Cantilevered Surrey villa scoops another gong
An extraordinary modernist villa in Surrey has been crowned "Best Family Home" at the Sunday Times British Home Awards, adding to its impressive haul of accolades for the year.