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Waitrose adds 25% to local property prices – Savills
            What came first: the supermarket or the super market? Savills, having gorged on regional house price stats, has revealed that a Waitrose in the neighbourhood can raise local property prices by up to 50%.        
    CBRE launches “first of its kind” property apprenticeship
            CBRE has launched a six-year UK apprenticeship scheme - the first of its kind in the property sector - that will, to start with, offer 10 young people the opportunity to work towards becoming a fully qualified…        
    Winkworth rolls out new cab campaign
            Winkworth has launched a fleet of 25 branded London black cabs as part of its latest national ad campaign.        
    Tokyo leads luxury residential market slowdown as Europe still struggles – Knight Frank
            The average price of luxury homes in the world’s key cities fell by 0.        
    Lauristons looking to buy
            Lauristons, the LSL-owned West London estate agency, is actively looking to expand by buying other local lettings agents.
        
    46% of prime London homes are £1m+, as off-centre property flourishes
            We're going to need a new acronym. We've been hearing a lot recently about the "prime fringes" of London and of a "wealth creep" into areas outside of the traditional PCL (prime central London).        
    Confidence Building: Busiest quarter for construction industry since 2007
            More professionals in the construction sector saw workloads rise than at any time since the end of 2007, according to the latest RICS construction market survey. 
        
    New plans for Clarges Estate scheme; resi element boosted to nearly 50%
            British Land has upped the resi component of its Mayfair masterplan from 63,000 sq ft to a whopping 94,000 sq ft - making up nearly half of the entire scheme.
        
    Scottish prime market steadies
            It's not ground-shaking but it does mean the prime property market in Scotland is finally stabilising;        
    Prime Punk: Henry & James agent to rock Glastonbury
            What do you get if you cross the Sales Manager of a high-end estate agency, a legendary television presenter and the American punk movement?
        
    RICS National Resi Conference 2013: Dates and form announced
            If you're up for some technical insight and strategic debate this summer, you won't go far wrong by moseying down to RICS' National Residential Conference in July.
        
    Lambart & Browne penthouse launches at Verge Mayfair
            There were top-notch canapes aplenty at the Harrods Estates-hosted soiree last night to debut the new Lambart & Browne penthouse at Verge Mayfair.
 Lambart & Browne-designed Verge penthouse (Guide £4.5m).