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Purplebricks has ‘hit a ceiling’ in the UK, claims analyst
Britain's most successful online/hybrid estate agency "has clearly hit a glass ceiling in terms of market share", says sector pundit Mike DelPrete.
Savills anticipating full-year results at the ‘upper end’ of expectations
Global real estate advisory reports 'considerable resilience' in the face of significant challenges in the UK and Hong Kong...
Prices for best-in-class PCL stock could soar by 10% this year, warns buying agency
The latest set of estate agents' forecasts are 'too conservative', suggests Black Brick, noting that vendors are already toughening up their stance;
Pre-Christmas buyers swooped on £45m of homes at Chelsea Barracks
Qatari Diar reports festive sales flurry at flagship £3.5bn Belgravia scheme; first phases now 78% sold
London leavers are getting younger and moving further away
4% fewer Londoners moved out of the capital in 2019 compared to 2016, says Hamptons International. But the average age of a London-leaver is falling, reaching a record youthfulness in 2019...
City of London planning chief to retire
Annie Hampson OBE will step down as the City's Chief Planning Officer in March.
Government housing design tsar Scruton dies
Sir Roger Scruton, co-Chairman of the Building Better, Building Beautiful commission, has died at the age of 75.
‘Fast & productive’ start for Keller Williams in Essex
The Readings and the Quirks have officially launched their "Keller Williams Plus" estate agency business in Essex
Updated ‘bible of wealth management’ profiles HNW industry leaders
The 2020 edition of William Cash's HNW industry directory profiles around 1,400 key players in the wealth management field - including 60 pages of property professionals.
Knightsbridge mega-mansion deal agreed at over £200m
Chinese property tycoon set to acquire private palace on Rutland Gate for a record-breaking sum
New money laundering regulations are now in play
New anti-money laundering rules have come into force, affecting estate agents, high-end letting agents, solicitor, banks and lenders.
UK house prices are ‘in sync’ with incomes – except in London
The UK's average house price to earnings ratio stands at 10.7, compared to 18.0 in London