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Mortgage lending ‘fell off a cliff’ in April
Latest BoE figures show just 15,800 approvals for house purchase across the entire month, 80% down on February and around half the number recorded in the depths of the GFC
Royalton repoints £130m scheme with a health bent for a post-pandemic market
Luxury property developer adapts residents' amenities at its Magna Carta Park scheme for "a changing world", pitching it as “a truly 21st century private estate”.
Reubens make a move on Madrid’s resi market
Billionaire investors splash out on a prime 618-acre development site with scope for 650 new homes and a hotel
PropTech VC recruits research heavyweight
Pi Labs has brought in Andrew Saull from the University of Oxford Saïd Business School’s Future of Real Estate initiative.
Knight Frank launches Private Residence Consultancy team
Agency merges Home Solutions & Country House Consultancy; promises clients and customers 'a full, seamless suite of services throughout their property lifecycle'
Ranked: London’s top ten most-wanted post-lockdown property features
Estate agency Dexters has summarised how home-movers priorities have "re-ordered" during the Coronavirus lockdown.
US Government looks to offload an enclave of six super-prime mansions in Hong Kong
CBRE has been appointed to sell a portfolio of mansions in Hong Kong, valued at up to HK$5 billion.
Derelict stately home smashes guide price at auction
Last week saw 23 bidders fight it out for the Grade II* Troy House in the Wye Valley, which was guided at £200k-£250k but ended up selling for £1.356m
Knock-back for Kensington hotel-to-mansion plan
A plan to turn a "severely dilapidated" former hotel near Hyde Park into a "very large" family home has been dismissed by RBKC's planning inspector.
Rightmove reports busiest ever day as pent-up demand is released from lockdown
Portal visits and buyer enquiries have rocketed since the property market re-opened two weeks ago, but "it’s going to take a considerable time for a return to sales agreed levels seen last year and at…
Hamptons alumni launch new Cotswold estate agency
Liz Whitaker-Street and Amy Seager set up Whitaker Seager just before the Coronavirus lockdown...
Westminster approves revisions to Millbank Tower scheme
Designs by John McAslan + Partners to turn the landmark Thameside building into a mix of resi and hotel were originally green-lighted in 2016.