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UK registers fall in number of foreign-owned properties
The first update since April's CGT rejig shows the total fell from 97,227 to 96,248 between January 2018 and May 2019, but campaigners have flagged up some interesting goings-on in Luxembourg...
Purplebricks co-founder moves on
Kenny Bruce follows his brother and co-founder out, as Purplebricks pledges to focus on 'using data and technology to reset the service standards of the industry'
Green light for 100% affordable Kensington Forum scheme
SimpsonHaugh-designed development on Cromwell Road will deliver 62 apartments for social rent alongside a 749-room hotel and 340 serviced apartments
Premiums and price growth in the UK’s top seaside hotspots
Jackson-Stops & Zoopla record premiums of 171% and 86% in perennial coastal favourites Salcombe and Aldeburgh, while Kentish hotspots outperform in terms of five-year growth
Greystar JV completes on £101m Nine Elms build-to-rent site; secures £385m development loan
Former Royal Mail site will deliver 894 build-to-rent apartments in SW8
London airspace developer secures £3m equity backing
BGF has agreed a further £3m investment into Apex Airspace, taking the specialist property developer's fundraising total to £22m in 2019
Resi transactions slide 11.3% annually
HMRC's provisional seasonally-adjusted transaction count came in at 89,810 last month, down 6.4% on April and by 11.3% on May 2018
Carter Jonas cycling challenge raises £22k
Over 400 riders tackle the steep hills of Yorkshire to raise funds for LandAid
Uncertainty hits architects’ workloads – but there’s ‘a new level of optimism’ in the private housing sector
RIBA's Future Trends Workload Index remained unchanged in May, for the third month in a row
Hong Kong buyers walk away from super-prime deals, forfeiting millions
A super-prime apartment sale and a major luxury land deal have fallen out of bed in Hong Kong as the trade war and protests hit home
LonRes Awards 2019: The Winners
Ten of prime London's biggest deals were celebrated at the annual LonRes Summer Party in Grosvenor Square
In Pictures: Bel Air’s $150m triple mansion building plot
The Park Bel Air has approved planning permits to create LA's last three giga-mansions