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New-build home registrations slow in Q3
39,364 new homes were registered with the NHBC over the last three months, compared to 43,403 a year ago
Dame Hackitt to advise on new Building Safety Regulator
Author of the post-tragedy Grenfell Tower report to steer the Ministry of Housing's powerful new safety body
Septic tank rule change could kick up a stink for property sellers
New septic tank regulations require all homes not connected to a mains sewage network to review, upgrade or replace their non-mains system by the 1st January 2020;
Landmark Info makes a brace of senior hires
DMGT-owned Landmark Information Group has new Finance and Product leaders
PCL price rally ‘peters out’
Prices slipped by 0.6% in September to leave the annual fall at 1.8%, reports LCP, with transaction volumes now running at their lowest ever level...
104 property sales worth £2.06bn: London’s super-prime market in five charts
Some fascinating insights into this year's £10m+ sales market from Knight Frank, including a flurry of £30m+ deals, building demand for super-prime, currency plays, and how UHNW buyers are getting younger…
Returning Stamp Duty to 2005 levels would galvanise the property market, suggests influential think tank
"Stamp duty has distorted the market to such an extent that the costs of cutting it are far lower than generally realised," suggests the Centre for Policy Studies, led by David Cameron's former housing…
Market Snapshot: Prime rents in London & the commuter belt
Prime London rents have risen for the first time since 2016, reports Savills, while rents in the commuter belt continue to fall
Planners back Westbourne’s St John’s Wood care home scheme
Robin Partington-designed project to deliver 89 resi units with extra care facilities on St John’s Wood Road, and a 121-bed care home on Lodge Road
£7.5m price tag for vast penthouse shell in Hampstead
A 6,000 square foot spread at the exclusive Mount Tyndal development could be 'one of London's most impressive and substantial' penthouse apartments, according to agents
Housing Ombudsman looks for industry feedback on a suite of proposed reforms
Housing Ombudsman Richard Blakeway has launched consultations on two documents with a view to "providing a faster, more accessible and more transparent service"
Damac chief warns Dubai must freeze resi construction or face oversupply ‘disaster’
Hussain Sajwani has told Bloomberg that property construction in Dubai should be frozen for one or two years to avoid "a disaster" of over-supply