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Small site planning delays are stalling the engine of UK development
Unacceptable delays - sometimes lasting a year or more - are forcing individual building projects to be abandoned, slowing UK development, and putting small and medium-sized firms out of business, says…
The London property market continues to tick along relatively robustly – and here’s why…
An awful lot of buyers who, having expected prices to fall like an anvil out of a window in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, are finding the choice of houses disappointing and prices far firmer than they had hoped,…
On the increasing trend for rural diversification
Country buying agent Jess Simpson reports on an upsurge in demand for farms and land with the opportunity for diversification, and explains the impact of the Agricultural Bill’s new system to reward f…
From Paris to Shanghai, citizens are largely unaware of indoor air pollution risks
Indoor air can be far more polluted than outdoor air and was responsible for 3.
Why do HNWIs find it so hard to get a mortgage?
A recent study has shown that being very well off doesn't always guarantee access to the right finance, explains Alpa Bhakta...
Downing St & Out: Our economy needs a decision and someone to make it
As PM May officially steps down as Tory leader and candidates jostle for position, former financier turned agency boss Charles Curran explains the impact that current political events are having on th…
Hannah Aykroyd on PCL’s new two-tier market, and why buyers need to wake up
'Things have recently changed' in Prime Central London, says a top buying agent. 'It's important for buyers to forget what they've read over the past two years about markets going down, down, down'
Re-imagining real estate: How ‘tokenisation’ is transforming global property investment
The blockchain ecosystem is growing, says Steven Lang of Savills, and this ‘tokenisation’ has the potential to revolutionise the global real estate sector by fragmenting real-world assets into digital sec…
Why now is the time to buy a house in Knightsbridge
Families who don't mind climbing a few stairs or taking on a bit of work have the best buying opportunity in over a decade, says PCL agent Patrick Alvarado...
Theresa May resigns: Property industry reactions
Prime Minister Theresa May has resigned, confirming that she will quit as Conservative party leader on 7th June. 'The country’s left in limbo', says the RIBA's President
The Deep End: Avoiding headaches in basement building
Two very different mega-basement projects in Surrey and Knightsbridge demonstrate how these types of schemes come with their own unique set of factors, write Emma Shipp & Deborah Sharples...