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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
New development corporation push promises more new towns ‘on the scale of Canary Wharf’
Sir George Iacobescu is on board to advise on a new Government fund to encourage large-scale regional development
Rightmove founder backs proptech marketplace
Harry Hill joins $800k funding round for James Dearsley and Eddie Holmes' Unissu platform
Knight Frank launches scaled-up planning offering in London
Agency assembles dedicated team led by ex-GL Hearn man Stuart Baillie, with ambitious plans to boost market share...
Top Irish estate agency Sherry FitzGerald looks to return to the UK
Sherry FitzGerald - which owned most of Marsh & Parsons from 2005 to 2011 - is eyeing expansion in Ireland and a return to the UK market