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Conveyancers can now quickly check estimated completion dates on the Land Registry
            The Land Registry has added an instant "Estimated Completion Date" to its View My Applications portal.         
    Specialist developers team up to create airspace sector body
            The newly-created Association of Rooftop & Airspace Development is being billed as "a game changer for housing".         
    Reviews & effective communication are the key factors when picking an estate agent
            Only one in ten customers want a text or WhatsApp message from their estate agent, according to property software brand Alto.         
    In Pictures: Accouter designs £6.5m apartment at Chelsea Waterfront
            2,800 square foot unit on the 20th floor has an interior inspired by the world's luxury hotels - and one the best views in town.         
    Korean insurer picks up 25% stake in Savills’ investment business
            Savills IM & Samsung Life announce ‘transformational alliance’         
    Century Capital recruits industry heavyweights ahead of ‘major growth phase’
            The specialist prime lender has signed up Ian Axe and Simon Golesworthy as part of a new institutional management team.         
    Maximalist Chelsea townhouse hits the market at £25m
            Rare freehold corner house has a lavish interior put together by Alberto Pinto’s design team.         
    Property market set for busiest year since 2007, on track for over 1.5 million residential transactions
            Zoopla expects the total value of homes sold in the UK to reach £461 billion this year; that's 46% more than in 2020, and 68% more than in 2019...         
    Five definitions that have ‘the potential to profoundly improve’ international real estate markets
            Billed as a "world-first" that "has the potential to profoundly improve consistency" of international real estate markets, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has published new global best practice…        
    PCL house market ‘renaissance’ as £5m-plus sales soar
            New data shows a 140% leap in PCL house sales above £5m during the first four months of 2021, as the time taken to sell falls by 15%.         
    £100m government loan to unlock 3,000 homes at Canada Water
            Backing will fund infrastructure works at British Land’s 53-acre mega-scheme.
          
    Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices names new CEO
            Christy Budnick has stepped up to become CEO of Warren Buffett's real estate brokerage Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, which operates in the UK as BHHS Kay & Co.