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Mortgage approvals jump to highest number since 2009
95,126 mortgages were approved by the main high street banks in July 2019; the highest monthly total since July 2009
L&G picks up 2.5-acre Surrey site from British Land
Legal & General's recently-launched Guild Living arm is looking to deliver 300 new retirement homes in the middle of Walton-on Thames
Ranked: New-build price premiums across the UK
The average new-build home in the UK is 29% more expensive than the average resale property - but new-builds tend to be cheaper than existing homes in a dozen London boroughs
Grosvenor faces local blowback over Cundy Street regen
Local campaigners rail against the Duke of Westminster and plans to improve a swathe of South Belgravia
Planning nod for £83m courtyard scheme on Tower Bridge Road
Southwark Council has given the green light to Galliard & Acorn's mixed-use Newhams Yard development in Bermondsey
18% of properties for sale in London have had their asking price reduced by 10% or more
Nearly a third of London vendors have dropped their asking prices
Aspire super-home snapped up in Surrey
One of the few new mansions with views across the world-famous St George's Hill golf course has sold in double-quick time
Russia moves to seize ‘the ultimate Scottish residence’
One of Scotland's most luxurious country houses, The Tower of Lethendy in rural Perthshire, has found itself at the centre of an extraordinary High Court battle between the Kremlin and a billionaire oligarch...
Five Years Later: One £22m Billionaires’ Row mansion, two very different markets
Dubbed 'Britain's most expensive new-build' when it launched at the most recent peak of the market in 2014, a 17,000 square foot super-home just off The Bishops Avenue has now sold at 30% below its original…
Britain’s most expensive cities ‘are becoming more affordable’
But the house price to income multiple in London still looks historically toppy
Architecture practices are ‘uneasy’ about taking on permanent staff
It's a "concerning picture", says the RIBA after checking in with 239 practices around the country
