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Zoopla rolls out new-build home search tool
Property portal's "streamlined" new development search function delivered a 43% uplift in conversion rates during beta testing
London prices fall for twelfth month in a row
The market across England & Wales continues to 'deflate slowly', according to LSL & Acadata
London vendors slash prices to secure a buyer before Christmas
Chestertons recorded a near-60% increase in price reductions across its network in September, which looks to have stirred buyers into action...
Grand St John’s Wood renovation project looks for £10m+ by 8th November
This whole house on Hamilton Terrace is currently divided into six flats, but has planning permission to return it to a single imposing residence; it's being offered for sale by informal tender
Octopus Real Estate creates new ‘Head of Residential’ role
D’mitri Zaprzala has been promoted to run the resi show at specialist property lender Octopus
The number of UK property firms in ‘significant financial distress’ has risen by 78% since 2016
Sector has been 'particularly badly affected' by deteriorating economic conditions, says insolvency firm Begbies Traynor
Bel Air mansion lists at $225m, eyeing a third price record
Casa Encantada was once the long-term home of hotelier Conrad Hilton, and has twice been the USA's most expensive home;
US discharges Mayfair mansion block
Former US Marine Corps accommodation near Grosvenor Square has lain empty since the American Embassy relocated to Nine Elms, but is now being pitched to owner occupiers, investors and developers...
Asking rents jump to record highs in London & around the country
Nearly a quarter of landlords are planning to cut their property portfolios in spite of record asking rents, says Rightmove
Showtime for new Kings Road scheme
Mixed-use project on the site of the old Cineworld building is delivering a three-screen Everyman cinema and eleven luxury apartments
Prime London property transactions jump 14%; instructions up 9% – but prices fall
New LonRes data for Q3 tells of a markedly busier Summer compared to last year in prime London - although the market above £5m remains subdued
Liquidators called in to McCloud’s HAB
Three property companies founded by Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud have gone into liquidation, but not HAB Housing