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The rental market is ‘a pressure cooker getting hotter’ – Propertymark
77% of letting agents reported rising rents in August, says industry trade body.
Land Registry to go ‘digital by default’ in November
All applications to HM Land Registry, other than first registrations, will be able to be lodged digitally by 30th November.
SE London agency moves into PCL market
Anderson Rose was founded by ex-Hamptons director Jon Byers in 2011.
Redbook adds brace of top-end design specialist to run projects & partners
Architects Zahra Taleifeh and Phil Wright have joined Sandy Mitchell's Redbook Agency, bringing some serious super-prime experience with them.
The housing market ‘is slowly transitioning to a buyers’ market’ – Zoopla
Higher mortgage rates are reducing home-buying power by "as much as 28%", warns property portal.
UK house prices ‘could easily fall 10% to 15%’, suggest economists
Economists expect interest rates to spike and house sales to tumble - meaning the last year's worth of aggressive property price growth could be rolled back.
Award-winning ‘hybrid’ manor house seeks £7.5mn
The Manor House in Blewbury is 'testimony to the ability of historic and contemporary architecture to coexist harmoniously'.
Interest rate rise ‘motivates two-thirds of home movers to act now’, claims estate agency
Rising mortgage rates are "driving homeowners to sell now rather than wait until 2023," says Jackson-Stops, noting that this is "boosting housing stock across the country and in turn, helping to balance…
Cripps recruits high-value resi specialist
Law firm boosts resi team with hire of former RadcliffesLeBrasseur partner Chris Keough.
Labour sets ambition to raise UK home ownership to 70%
Home ownership is "the bedrock of security and aspiration," says Keir Starmer.
Welsh Government updates Land Transaction Tax rates
Wales is cutting the Land Transaction Tax for lower-value homes, while raising rates for properties above £345k (the top c.15% of the market).
Knight Frank’s longstanding Notting Hill boss to hand over the reins
Caroline Foord has been at the helm of the high-performing KF branch in W11 for 23 years.