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Defra puts the wind up DECC over rural house prices
There's a storm brewing between the Depart. for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Dept. for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) over what impact wind turbines have on rural house prices.
Landlords policing immigration would be “bureaucratic and overly cumbersome” – RLA
The Residential Landlords’ Association has put in its official response to the Government’s consultation on plans to introduce mandatory tenant immigration checks (announced back in May) – opposing…
Jones Lang LaSalle revises forecasts; PCL prices to rise by 6% in 2013 and 3% nationally
Jones Lang LaSalle has joined the flurry of firms significantly revising their market predictions up for the rest of the year and beyond.
Northacre lands Kazakh Embassy development on Thurloe Square
Northacre's new CEO Niccolo Barattieri di San Pietro is off to a righteous start, with the luxury developer being appointed as development manager with 15% stake on an Abu Dhabi Capital Management resi…
Jones Lang chief moves on
Andrew Gould, Jones Lang LaSalle’s former UK chief exec, is heading off at the end of the month after his Summer sabbatical.
Planning nod for Hempel resi conversion
Amazon Property, in partnership with British Land, has been given the thumbs up by Westminster's planners to convert the former Hempel Hotel in Bayswater into eighteen luxury apartments.
“Unprecedented” £825k planning fee for Kensington megabasement
A hedge fund manager is going to have to dig deeper than expected after being landed with an £825,000 Section 106 fee for a lumpy basement excavation in Ladbroke Grove.
Birmingham tops buy-to-let hot spots
Birmingham is best for buy-to-let investors, offering a 10%+ rental yield, according to a new survey by Home.co.uk and Move with Us.
Infographic: Rightmove House Price Index
Who doesn't love a good infographic? Rightmove definitely does. The portal's gone to town with its August House Price Index, breaking it down into many blue and green pictures:
New Group Chief Exec for LSL
Ian Crabb is taking over as Group Chief Executive of LSL Property Services, which owns Marsh & Parsons, Lauristons, YourMove and more, from 9th September.
Top taxman joins Foxtons ahead of float
One of HMRC's top brass, Ian Barlow, is joining the board of Foxtons as the estate agency preps for a major IPO, according to reports by Sky News.
Full steam ahead for Admiralty Arch hotel and resi scheme
Rafael Serrano has netted formal approval to turn Admiralty Arch into a hotel, private members' club and super-prime private residences, with construction due to kick off early next year.