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Insurers gain deeper understanding of flood risks
Natural hazard specialist JBA Risk Management has come up with a new way of working out flood insurance premiums on residential properties, with the help of Rightmove.
Portal pitches punchy prices
Scott Green
New kid on the portal block, needaproperty.com, is throwing its resources into taking on the big boys with the launch of a new user platform next month.
Office-to-resi conversions: planning-free for three years
Eric Pickles and Nick Boles have confirmed that new permitted development rights will allow office space to be converted into homes without the need for planning permission.
Cash buyers drop by 20%
Stats from Cluttons show that the number of cash buyers in prime central London dropped by a fifth last year, whilst the proportion of mortgaged buyers doubled.
Fine & Country jet-sets into Cannes
The haute monde of top agency Fine & Country will wave goodbye to the miserable British weather later, as they head off to the launch of a glamorous new office on the French Riviera.
Homes Work: office-to-resi conversions to be planning-free
Converting offices into residential units will no longer need planning permission if rumours are right about about "radical changes to the English planning system." Let the goldrush begin.
Deloitte’s property rebrand opens for business
Jonas has left the building. Yesterday saw the first day of "official" trading for Deloitte Real Estate, as the Drivers Jonas Deloitte brand was withdrawn from the international property market..
New blood for Savills Country House Consultancy
Edward Pettit-Mills has joined Savills' Country House Consultancy business as an Associate in Newbury.
Grainger and APG launch £349m resi fund
Britain's biggest publicly-traded residential landlord and Europe's largest pension fund asset manager have joined forces to create one of the UK's biggest residential property investment funds.
School Rules: Hamptons Academy opens doors
Today sees the launch of a laudable concept from one of our more forward-thinking agencies.
Small to medium-sized building firms “on a knife-edge”
More gloom for the construction industry we're afraid.
Another new office for Winkworth
Winkworth is carrying on its January expansion with gusto, opening its second new office of the year in Beaconsfield.