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Jolly Good Fellow: Top RICS award for Marsh & Parsons chief
Marsh & Parsons CEO, Peter Rollings, has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Number of £500k+ homes coming onto the market surges 20%
One major credit reference agency reckons there's been a deluge of properties worth over £500k hitting the market this year.
Data from from information leviathan Experian points to a whopping 19.
Caan and Butt go into construction with Leadership and Management
Hamilton Bradshaw Real Estate is launching yet another venture
Property Marketing Awards 2013: The Winners
It's been a while since we've had a good old awards ceremony - at least a couple of weeks - but it was the turn of the mighty property marketing world to throw some high-fives last night at the 21st PMAs,…
Households go gung-ho for Green Deal
A couple of days ahead of the first official quarterly stats on the Government’s Green Deal scheme, and it's already being touted as a triumph... At least amongst those who've had an assessment done.
ZPG rolls out new platform gizmos to Zoopla and Primelocation
Over the past few weeks Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has rolled out a bunch "significant improvements" to its platform, which powers Zoopla.co.uk and PrimeLocation.com.
£2.85bn “wall of money” for the private rented sector
Jones Lang LaSalle is predicting a whopping influx of funds into the private rented sector this year, estimating that £2.85bn is being targeted at Britain's PRS from UK and overseas client funds.
EPCs are “redundant” – County Homesearch
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are having no bearing on the sale of properties, according to County Homesearch, although the laudable plan was to help improve the energy efficiency of housing stock.
Measuring Up: Strutt & Parker goes the cubic route
Strutt & Parker has debuted its big idea in property measurement this week, pushing sales by volume over standard square footage.
Williams’ country pile going for a song
Robbie Williams' country pile - one of Wiltshire's finest - is now on sale for £3m less than he paid for it in 2009, having been on-and-off the market since July 2010.
Happy Lending: Mortgages up a fifth in May
The Council of Mortgage Lenders has estimated that total gross mortgage lending in May leapt up to £14.7 billion, representing a rise of 21% from £12.
Use it or Lose it: Labour to tell developers to build or be gone
Ed Miliband is calling for new compulsory purchase powers that would give local councils the right to forcibly buy back land with planning permission that property developers are sitting on.