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Government outlines package of measures to boost post-Covid construction
Housing minister Robert Jenrick promises an extension of planning permission deadlines, speedier planning appeals, and relaxed restrictions on construction site working hours;
Plans go in for a 1,500-home riverside scheme in Greenwich
In Pictures: Morden Wharf is U+I's latest massive regeneration project in London, promising to transform a 19 acre former sugar factory site into "a distinctive, green, mixed-use neighbourhood".
Savills revises rental growth forecasts down
Rental yields are likely to be lower in 2024 relative to today, predicts Savills.
35% fewer new homes are likely to be delivered this year than in 2019
Current new home activity "paints a fairly positive picture for development," says Knight Frank, "despite current challenges."
CWG completes Wood Wharf’s first private sale resi building
The first residents are due to move into 10 Park Drive this month.
The £110m mega-deal that never was…
You can safely ignore the rogue price spike recorded in NW8 recently...
Jenrick to be shown the door, claims Cabinet source, as Westferry planning scandal continues
More details have emerged about the Westferry Printworks planning controversy; The Guardian has suggested that Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick could be sacked as part of a Cabinet reshuffle in September.
£4.4bn of Scottish property owned by offshore firms
Scotland is losing out on tax revenue as a result, say campaign groups
Savills forecasts a 7.5% drop for house prices this year, with transactions down by a third
Savills is standing by its pre-pandemic five-year forecasts, despite anticipating a major slump in 2020.
Shropshire’s Grade I listed Kinlet Hall brought to market at £3.5m
Modelled on Palladio’s Villa Pisani at Montagnana, the 1729 masterpiece could be returned to former glories as a private house, according to Savills
New Head of Residential for Carter Jonas in York
Rachel Macpherson has stepped up to run the York team after a successful career in Prime Central London.