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Lettings agency pushes into prime west London with ‘let-for-free’ campaign
Tim Hassell's Draker Lettings is hoping to attract the attentions of landlords across Notting Hill, Bayswater and Holland Park with a 'compelling' offer
‘Developers will struggle to break ground on new sites’: Woes continue in PCL’s new-build sector
New-build transaction slump should serve as a cautionary tale against any further tax tinkering, warns LCP
£14m price tag for Coombe Estate development opp
Near-two acre plot next to the prestigious Coombe Hill golf club has room for three palatial residences measuring 12,500 square feet apiece
Supply & demand move further out of kilter as vendors hold back
Demand may be surging, but new property listings have fallen by 21% year-on-year says Knight Frank, while January's UK transaction tally was 4% lower than in 2019...
UK leads the way as PropTech investment ‘reaches critical mass’
"The PropTech movement is reaching a critical mass," says Professor Baum of Oxford Saïd Business School. "Regulatory roadblocks remain, but the first companies to overcome them will reap huge rewards.
Mandatory New Homes Ombudsman to police ‘rogue’ developers
All housebuilders will need to sign-up to Robert Jenrick's New Homes Ombudsman scheme.
Ranked: 2019’s best & worst performing areas for house price inflation
North Devon and southern Wales saw the highest rates of property price inflation last year, while London boroughs saw the sharpest falls.
Countrywide & LSL confirm plot for property industry mega-merger
LSL and Countrywide - which operate around 1,000 estate agency branches between them, including Marsh & Parsons, Hamptons and John D Wood - are reported to be in "serious" discussions about merging.
Best bids and attended exchanges on the rise in PCL, reports agency
Buyers’ and sellers’ confidence and optimism is 'back with a bang', according to Chestertons
Symm joinery chief joins Harrison Varma
Harrison Varma Joinery has recruited Martin Williams as Director, after heritage building firm Symm went into administration.
Green light for Grosvenor’s Bermondsey biscuity factory build-to-rent scheme
City Hall has granted planning permission for one of London's biggest build-to-rent developments; the former Peek Frean biscuit factory site in Bermondsey will deliver over 1,500 new rental homes.
BREEAM Awards 2020: The Shortlist
Central London schemes feature in annual awards programme showcasing 'the best in international construction sustainability'