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Blue Coast Capital & RER secure £23.7m loan for Richmond resi scheme
'Exciting and unique' redevelopment of the Grade-II listed former Richmond Royal Hospital will deliver 56 high-end apartments.
Activity stirs in Prime London’s stock-laden rental market
The Prime London lettings market had a much busier end to the year than many expected, reports LonRes, but supply levels are still running very high...
Final Connells-Countrywide takeover vote slated for 15th Feb
Countrywide will hold a Special AGM next month to vote on the proposed Connells takeover.
Online & hybrid estate agency penetration picks up in central London
Hybrid/online estate agencies' market share of UK property exchanges remained at 8% in 2020, despite a 10% increase in the proportion of new instructions from 2019.
What’s happened to property prices in London’s Golden Postcodes?
The average price paid in Prime Central London has fallen by 10% since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic - but some enclaves have seen dramatic prices rise.
Marylebone mews development opp pitched at £2.75m
Freehold terrace on Huntsworth Mews has been put up for sale for the first time in 60 years.
20% more people are currently in the process of moving home compared to last year
"The volume of households moving through the homemover funnel" has reached "unparalleled levels", says research firm Twenty Ci.
Prime London saw 12% more £5m+ property sales in 2020 than in 2019
Surprisingly high prime sales volumes are "a clear demonstration of confidence in London as a leading world city," says Savills.
Weekly Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
PirmeResi’s regular stock check, powered by LonRes
John D Wood launches high-end refurb division; makes two senior appointments
145-year-old estate agency brand John D Wood has set up a "bespoke project management" arm to help clients with high-end property refurbishments.
Fall in transactions four times higher during financial crisis than pandemic
Comparison with 2008 'puts the impact of Covid-19 on the property market into context', says Knight Frank, suggesting that 2021 'may also surprise on the upside'
RICS to hold ‘comprehensive’ reviews of governance & ‘ongoing purpose’, following reported scandal
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has ordered an independent review into "the events that took place in 2018/19", and broadened the scope of an internal review of the organisation's "ongoing purpose…