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Battersea Power Station appoints new architects to ‘evolve’ Viñoly’s masterplan
Studio Egret West is designing the second half of the ambitious London regen project.
Grant J Bates Property installs new lettings boss
Ex-Hamptons associate director to spearhead prime lettings push at fast-growing luxury brokerage.
Knight Frank France strengthens Paris foothold with in-house resi offering
Former Junot director Alison Ashby has been appointed to lead the agency's new team based in the City of Light.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing, featuring data, forecasts and analysis from the RICS, LonRes Beauchamp Estates, Wetherell, Sotheby's International Realty, Rightmove, Hamptons Savills & more...
Total UK housing value climbs 1.5% to record high
Savills estimates the combined value of British homes currently stands at £9.18 trillion.
Asking prices ‘stand still’ after January jump
'2026 is shaping up to be a good year to buy,' declares Rightmove as asking prices stay flat in February.
Opinion: Portals were built for scrolling, AI is built for solving
Veteran agent Trevor Abrahmsohn argues that AI won’t just challenge the portals - it could rewrite the very rules they were built on.
Buy-to-let incorporations jump to a record high
New BTL companies were the second most common type of business registered in the UK last year, according to analysis by Hamptons.
London’s average rent has fallen 1.3% in the last year
But 'the pace of decline has stabilised' across the UK, reports Hamptons in its latest lettings index.
OB Private scales up with senior hires & new brokerage arm
Six new recruits arrive - including an established team from Chestertons - as PCL agency rolls out broker platform alongside employed structure.
Former Perkins&Will London chief launches AI rental platform
Ex-architecture MD bets on proprietary LLM and geospatial engine to disrupt postcode-led property search.
Cohort agrees £20mn loan against £56mn Mayfair home
Big-ticket refinancing was agreed in only three weeks.