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Helvar lights up 375 Kensington High St
High-end property developer, St Edward, has chosen Helvar to provide the lighting controls for its new apartments and penthouses at 375 Kensington High Street.
Savills’ resi auction breaks records with £50m haul
Savills' residential property auction, held on Monday, broke the firm's capital value result record, bringing in over £50m through 195 lots (Savills' largest catalogue for two years).
Hamptons teams up with Cancer Research UK
Hamptons International has announced an official corporate partnership with the UK’s leading cancer charity, Cancer Research UK.
Housing transactions up for fourth month in row – RICS
The number of housing transactions continues to grow across the UK property market, according to the latest RICS housing market survey (the UK's longest-running house price survey).
PCL resi development land values still rising as developers focus on capital
Hot on the heels of yesterday's Prime Rental Index, Knight Frank's spoiling us with more stats;
Major changes at Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle is significantly bolstering its leadership team, with three new appointments to the UK Board and a new Managing Director for its business in Poland.
New lettings boss for Cluttons
Cluttons has appointed Zoe Innes as Partner for Residential Lettings, responsible for lettings operations across all of the firm's nine Central London offices.
Chesterton Humberts’ pipeline up 41% as 7.3% price growth p.a. predicted
A positive start to the year for Chesterton Humberts, with the agency reporting "a welcome uplift in both sentiment and activity entering 2013," with an upbeat sales market boasting more stock, "sustained"…
Half of councils planning to opt out of new office-resi conversion rules
50% of local councils - including many prime London boroughs - will attempt to opt out of new permitted development rights that allow the conversion of offices into residential units without planning consent,…
50% hike in January offers – Douglas & Gordon
Interesting noises from the Douglas & Gordon camp this morning, with reports of a 50% year-on-year increase in the number of offers made in January.
Prime rents generally flat as a pancake (only W8 crept up) but 2013 could pan out well
Despite a 23.2% year-on-year increase in applicant numbers in the three months to January, rents in prime central London fell 0.
Planning for climate change
The Planning and Climate Change Coalition, which represents over 60 cross-sector organisations, has strongly welcomed Baroness Hanham's comments in the House of Lords earlier this week, recognising the…