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Former Transport Secretary & London Mayoral candidate joins start-up property developer as Chairman
Steven Norris is now Independent Non-Exec Chairman at Cambridgeshire-based residential development firm This Land™
Fixer-uppers come with a 17% average price discount – Direct Line
Properties requiring major structural work are valued at 17% less than market average, according to an insurance company
Westminster backs planning ‘shake-up’
'We want a bottom up and not top down system', says council as it prepares to publish a new City Plan
Number of UK property firms in ‘significant financial distress’ rises again
16% more real estate businesses were struggling in Q3 compared to the same period in 2017, according to insolvency firm Begbies Traynor, the highest year-on-year rise recorded across all the sectors surveyed…
London Square secures £200m funding for ‘strategic expansion’
Eight-year-old developer with a £2bn pipeline shrugs off uncertainty to focus on future growth
Budget Wishlist: Surveyors lobby to ‘put the built environment at the heart’ of the Budget
"This could be the most complicated challenge faced by any Chancellor since the 2008 financial crash," says the RICS, as it outlines an eight-point plan to "put the built environment at the heart" of this…
Market Snapshot: Virginia Water
A quick swing by one of the most expensive housing markets outside London...
Prime London ‘gathers momentum’ as buyers become ‘much more active’ – Chestertons
London estate agency reports a 60% surge in new buyer registrations compared to last year, but transaction numbers are still low
More than a third of property listings have now had price reductions – Zoopla
Ranked: Locations with the "most discounted" property prices
UK Sotheby’s International Realty bolsters senior team
New bosses for Central London lettings & Country divisions; PCL rental market 'hotter than ever' says firm, after Belgravia-based team takes on nearly 400 new instructions in six months
Sterling Private Office recruits another from Knight Frank, making a move into the country market
18-month-old prime resi consultancy SPO has brought in Nick Mead from The Buying Solution to launch a country property division
Central London land values have fallen by 4.9% in past six months
Residential development land values are falling in London but rising in regional markets, says Savills