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Government rejects call to cut VAT on listed building repairs
HM Treasury makes "deeply disappointing" arguments for keeping full-rate VAT on listed building repairs and alterations, says the Listed Property Owners' Club
Properties are taking six days longer to sell than they were a year ago
It takes an average of 102 days for a property to attract an offer, up from 96 days in 2017. In London, it takes an average of 171 days for a £1m+ home to go under offer...
New recruits for high-flying Century Capital
Mayfair-based bridging lender lands a new business development manager and marketing chief, and makes its first foray into airport finance...
‘Quantum leap’ for construction as robot bricklayer builds a house in just three days
World’s first fully-automated, end-to-end bricklaying solution has a massive future, according to its Australian creator
‘I have long had serious concerns about the direction of the Earls Court scheme’ – Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London calls for two housing estates - earmarked for demolition as part of Capco's 77-acre Earls Court development - to be "handed back entirely" to the Hammersmith & Fulham Council
‘There is definitely pent-up demand brewing’ in London’s property market
Douglas & Gordon reports a "large rise" in potential buyer registrations, and positive price growth at the upper-end of the market
Camden consults on ‘transformative’ development site in Kentish Town
The Murphy Site and Regis Road "could be the biggest opportunity site in the borough since the redevelopment of the King’s Cross railway lands"
Trio of heavyweight hires boosts Savills’ research team
Sebastian Verity joins Savills from Knight Frank; Paul Wellman from Estate Gazette, and Josh Rose-Nokes from GVA Apleona
Super-prime developer looks to crowdfund £1.5m for a new St. George’s Hill mansion
Crowdfunding platform CapitalRise opens investment on a £1.5m bridging loan for a 14,000 square foot new-build house in Weybridge
In Pictures: RER shows off new Westminster penthouses
AJC Interiors designs duplex showhome at boutique office-to-resi scheme on Greycoat Place
New housing supply nudges up – but still falls short of the Government’s 300,000 target
2% more homes were added to the national supply in the year to March than in the previous year, reports the MHCLG
Hampstead’s iconic ‘Jabberwocky’ mansion finds a buyer
Described as 'one of the most significant houses in London', The Wabe on Redington Road was inspired by Lewis Carroll's classic poem