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Average asking prices reach another record high
Three regions have seen asking prices climb by more than 10% in the last year-or-so, says Rightmove, while Greater London has seen prices flatline.
Five years on: How 2016’s tax changes have shrunk the buy-to-let market
“The tax changes introduced from 2016 onwards have undoubtedly taken the heat out of the buy-to-let market," argues Hamptons' research chief Aneisha Beveridge.
KW UK recruits Spicerhaart’s Sloan for new lettings division
Keller Williams UK has set up a new lettings and property management platform, called KW Move, recruiting Spicerhaart's former Operations Director to run the show.
Significant Bayswater hotel with resi development consent offered for £29.5m
35-39 Leinster Gardens - formerly the Holiday Villa Hotel - has been put on the market at £29.5 million, with planning permission in place for a conversion to either residential or serviced apartments.
Mount Anvil rethinks the traditional marketing suite with one-stop ‘customer experience’
The London developer is looking to 'break the mould of the traditional customer journey' with the new facility at its Barbican HQ.
GBI chief: ‘The property sector is overwhelmingly a force for good’
In an impassioned defence of the property industry, James Raynor calls on the Government to ‘recognise that real estate is central to its plans for recovery, decarbonisation and levelling up’ as lockdown…
Global architecture firm draws up blueprint for the ‘English village of the future’
The post-pandemic exodus from cities has highlighted the inadequacies of the quintessential English country village, says Broadway Malyan, proposing a set of recommendations to prepare rural enclaves for…
AML warning for letting agents as HMRC deadline looms
‘The ramifications of not being prepared or compliant are serious and could result in an onerous fine or even worse the long-term reputational damage of a business,’ says AML specialist.
‘Welsh Versailles’ goes for under £1m
The Grade I listed Kinmel Hall was once one of the great houses of Wales.
Resi projects lead architecture sector recovery
"The savage reduction in staffing levels that many feared at the start of the pandemic has not materialised", says the RIBA, as architecture firms remain upbeat about prospects.
‘Use it or lose it’ land tax mooted again
The government is "privately considering" a plan to impose a land-banking tax on property developers, according to a report in The Times.
‘Commonhold Council’ created to promote property ownership reforms
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has described the push towards Commonhold as part of "the biggest reforms to English property law for 40 years."