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High-end property crowdfunding platform looks for investment
Luxury property crowdfunding platform Capitalrise is listing itself on investment platform Seedrs.
Public Rights of Way tool offers instant checks
Search Acumen’s ForeSite platform now maps the 133,000+ miles of Public Rights of Way across England and Wales.
Home-mover & buy-to-let lending falls as remortgaging booms
10.8% more homeowner remortgages were completed in 2018 than in 2017, says UK Finance, while 11.5% fewer new buy-to-let and 1.9% fewer new home-mover mortgages went through.
Westminster’s ‘voluntary mansion tax’ brings in over £600k
'The hundreds of thousands of pounds being allocated today shows that wealthy householders do care', says council, nearly a year after launching its 'ground-breaking' tax experiment
Deal sealed on rare new-build townhouse in Chelsea
£7.25m project by Banda Property replaced a postwar block on Rawlings Street
‘One of a kind’ Georgian revival proposition asks £4.5m
1920s affair in NW London looks much, much older than its years...
New knotweed tracking tool helps flag local infestations
A new interactive Heatmap tracks sighting of Japanese Knotweed across the UK.
Housing supply picks up, but delivery still undershooting need
Number of new homes built across England rose to 238,000 in the year to Q4 2018, up 12% on Q4 2017, notes Savills; even so, London only delivered 56% of homes needed at an aggregate level
Proportion of international buyers in PCL hits six-year high
57% of the homes sold in London's priciest postcodes during H2 2018 went to overseas purchasers, reports Hamptons International, the highest level recorded since H2 2012;
Humberts reports positive results from its ‘holistic’ take on estate agency
Nine months after buying venerable estate agency brand Humberts out of administration, the new owner expects 2019 to be the firm's 'best year yet'.
Carter Jonas recruits six to boost Planning & Development team in London
A team of six development surveyors have been hired from GL Hearn.
Buyer picks up £9.75m penthouse amalgamation in St John’s Wood
8,342 square foot apartment on three titles came with over 4,000 square feet of terraces and an 86-foot 'entertaining suite'