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Asking prices post biggest January rise on record as a ‘window of stability’ encourages activity
Rightmove recorded its biggest ever December/January asking price "surge" in the wake of the General Election - led by more expensive "top of the ladder" properties.
Rents rise at the fastest pace since 2014 – Hamptons
Average rental payments across the country increased by 3.7% in 2019, and have escalated by 81% in the last decade.
Mapped: The ‘meteoric’ rise of ‘American-style’ build-to-rent in the UK
UK regions saw a dramatic 51% increase in the number of "American-style" purpose-built rental homes completed in 2019, according to Savills, the British Property Federation and Molior.
Countryside names new Southern chief
Mike Woolliscroft has been promoted to Chief Executive of Countryside Properties' Partnerships South division
Resi-to-office switch mooted at Battersea Power Station
Developer wants to delay the delivery of around 250 residential apartments in favour of fast-tracking more office space.
MTD’s £500m One Crown Place tops out
KPF-designed development on the edge of the City is delivering 246 private apartments, along with a boutique hotel, office space and new retail units
Lisbon, Sydney & Moscow set to lead residential price growth in 2020
"While the outlook for 2020 is generally more positive" than in 2019, says Savills, "price growth in prime residential markets is still expected to be modest across many global cities"
Top-end sales jump as PCL responds quickly to political certainty
Q4 was a record quarter for £20m+ deals in Central London, reports Savills, while December saw the highest number of £5m+ sales since 2014.
NEO Bankside residents head back to court to appeal Tate Modern privacy ruling
Southbank apartment owners are having another go at blocking some of Tate Modern's viewing deck.
‘There are glimmers of growing confidence’ in the architecture profession – RIBA
Architects got a bit more pessimistic about future workloads in December, but the Royal Institute of British Architects has spotted signs of improvement after an extended period of volatility...
Cripps Pemberton Greenish hires leasehold enfranchisement expert
Amy Jackson joins the leasehold enfranchisement team from Forsters
The next move in PCL sales prices should be up – JLL
'The prospects are more positive than they have been for five years', says the agency, tipping both transactions and prices to rally over the next three months...