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Foxtons apologises after self-isolating tenant is told to vacate for a viewing
Agency admits its actions 'fell well short'
£25m+ deal at One Kensington Gardens defies global uncertainty
A big super-prime resi deal has gone through in Kensington, despite the escalating international Coronavirus crisis.
Winkworth acquires Berkshire lettings agency
Reading-based AMPM joins the fold, adding a portfolio of more than 80 landlords to Winkworth's lettings business in the area
Bank of England cuts interest rates to historic low of 0.1%
Emergency move marks the second rate cut in eight days
Stock market collapse prompts buyer to pull out of £50m London penthouse deal
Another decided to go ahead with a £2m purchase remotely
Guild halves membership fee; offers free digital tools to help agents through the Covid-19 crisis
The Guild of Property Professionals has followed Rightmove and OnTheMarket, with Coronavirus cost mitigation offers for members.
OnTheMarket follows Rightmove with ‘agent support package’
Property portal introduces a three-month "payment support initiative", offering a third off listing fees for full-price members only.
Show goes on for auction houses via remote bidding
Savills, Allsop and Clive Emson all switch their Spring sales to online-only
Government bans tenant evictions for at least three months
"No renter who has lost income due to coronavirus will be forced out of their home, nor will any landlord face unmanageable debts," says the Housing Secretary.
Scotland’s super-prime market was on a roll in 2019
196 sales were recorded above the £1m mark in Edinburgh last year, reports Savills, a full 35% up on the previous record level set in 2007.
‘Spectacular’ £7.5m Rutland Gardens lateral finds a taker
A buyer has bagged a rather special lateral on Knightsbridge's Rutland Gardens.
Former H&F council leader appointed as joint housing minister
Stephen Greenhalgh, former leader of Hammersmith & Fulham council and then Deputy London Mayor for policing under Boris Johnson, has joined the Ministry of Housing to support Jenrick and Pincher.