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Derwent completes net zero carbon Charlotte Street scheme; offers free flats to NHS staff
80 Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia is Derwent's biggest ever mixed-use development, and marks a big step towards the firm's ambition to achieve a fully net zero carbon portfolio.
Yopa reports a ‘seismic shift’ in the market & its fortunes since lockdown
Hybrid estate agency Yopa has just seen its strongest ever start to a month, with "a whopping month-on-month increase" in registered buyers and a 67% increase in instructions.
Green light for U+I’s mixed-use scheme next to Borough Market
A derelict 1.7 acre site near London Bridge is to be transformed into "a local cultural and social hub", with 36 new homes.
LonRes inks tie-up with Matterport
Partnership will help agents ‘close more deals, more quickly to meet the market demand’, says B2B platform
New top-end building contractor launches with a focus on prime residential projects
Morgan Rae has been founded by Square Metre alumni Luke Morgan and James Rae.
Coast Wanted: The UK’s priciest seaside housing markets
Celebrity-strewn Sandbanks tops the coastal house price league table with an average of £619,431, higher than Salcombe, Aldeburgh and Lymington
Wodehouse’s Mayfair digs offered at £2.25m, again
The Mayfair home of Jeeves & Wooster-creator P.G. Wodehouse has come up for sale, sporting exactly the same asking price as when it was last offered, five years ago.
Estate agency directors disqualified over price fixing cartel
Two agency bosses have been banned from a running a company for six-and-a-half years, after a CMA investigation found that they had conspired to fix commission rates for nearly seven years.
The property market is showing ‘far more resilience than had been expected’
There's been "a strong initial bounce-back in all metrics" since the property market lockdown was lifted on 13th May, reports Rightmove - but 175,000 vendors are "missing the market".
Can estate agencies survive the unfurloughing of wage bills?
The Government's furlough scheme is supporting the property industry to the tune of over £120 million a month, says Rayner Personnel.
Landlords’ average capital gain sinks again
Landlords who sold a property in 2019 typically owned it for 9.1 years and sold it for £78,100 more than they paid for it.