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Tenants spent less on rent in 2018 than in 2017; the first annual fall in a decade
Tenants in Britain spent a grand total of £59.1bn on rent in 2018, report Hamptons International and Countrywide, marking the first annual fall in more than ten years.
Haverstock Hill resi scheme hits the market
Significant development site between Primrose Hill and Belsize Park offered with full planning for a 77-unit scheme designed by Piercy & Co
Landmark Covent Garden building goes for £12.4m at auction
Allsop chalks up new price record after bidders slug it out over HQ of venerable women’s weekly The Lady on Bedford Street
High-rolling US buyers make their move on Prime Central London
Agency reports fresh influx of Stateside interest in the capital's priciest neighbourhoods as Brexit deadline approaches
In Pictures: Britain’s most sustainable new resi developments
Eight residential schemes in the UK have been shortlisted for this year's BREEAM Awards, which take place in London in March to kick-off Futurebuild week.
PCL prices fail to stabilise; volumes continue to slide
Prime Central London transaction levels are now almost 50% lower than they were five years ago, reports Strutt & Parker, while prices ended 2018 at the lower end of the forecast;
Only half of Londoners are open to more homes being built in their local area
Perceptions need to change if housebuilding targets are to be met, warns London First
Georgian Group Awards: Call for entries
Heritage champion restarts awards programme after hiatus
Ruling shines spotlight on stamp duty and derelict buildings
First-tier Tax Tribunal rules against HMRC in dispute over the amount of SDLT payable on a seriously dilapidated property
‘Special’ Chelsea studio house asks £9.85m
The only double-fronted studio house on Tite Street is all about the volume
Crime Agency freezes accounts of student who paid £390k up-front to rent a Knightsbridge penthouse
Unexplained Wealth Order looms for 22-year-old who paid £1,000-a-day for student digs on Cadogan Square.
Griffin swoops again: US tycoon named as buyer of £100m Peninsula penthouse
Citadel founder continues his ultra-prime shopping spree, adding another trophy London residence to the collection...