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OBR boosts house price forecast
Average UK house prices are likely to fall 2% this year and 0.4% in 2025, says the Office for Budget Responsibility, with a return to positive growth slated for 2026.
Developer JTRE London recruits new ops director
Seamus Porter recently led the delivery of large-scale resi schemes Chelsea Waterfront and Convoys Wharf.
Buying agency platform signs up top names for London launch
Founder members of Claire Whisker's First In The Door include Middleton Advisors, London Central Portfolio, Black Brick and Aykroyd & Co.
Ghelamco scores Battersea candle factory site for second London development
Squire & Partners has designed the 113-home scheme, called The HiLight.
‘London offers the best outlook for residential real estate’ of any major European city, claim economists
'Fundamentals favour London as a residential opportunity,' says Oxford Economics.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 09, 2024
Reports of a big deal surge at the top-end of the London property market bely a quiet picture across the capital's prime postcodes.
Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto wins Pritzker Prize
Japanese master receives architecture's highest honour.
‘Fundamentally transformed’ Foxtons sees revenue climb 5% despite slump in sales income
Foxtons 'has reclaimed the number 1 estate agency position in London' and 'is now in much better shape than the company I inherited 18 months ago,' says CEO Guy Gittins.
Wilfords bolsters team at one-year-old Wandsworth branch
Edward Dennett has put nearly £10mn of deals under offer in his first couple of weeks at the two-branch estate agency.
Grand Surrey school complex offered for sale with resi potential
With a Grade II listed former country house at its heart, the 44-acre Belmont School site offers 'an outstanding opportunity', says Knight Frank.
Westminster floats ‘retrofit first’ planning strategy
'We will not reach net zero without a significant shift in how we view development,' says Westminster Council's Geoff Barraclough.
City & Country inks £14mn acquisition in Bath
Heritage specialist picks up 5.3-acre site that once housed the Pitman Press printing works.