Government calls for evidence to help improve the leasehold & property management system
The DCLG asks the industry if a new independent regulatory body is needed - and if separate bodies should be established for both leasehold and private rented management, and letting agents.
‘Socially distanced’ viewings & digital deals: How the property market could function post-lockdown
Government collaborates with the industry on how best to raise the nation's housing market from its hibernation;
Government promises ‘a digital revolution’ for the property sector
Housing Minister Esther McVey wants to make Britain's planning and property-buying scene more like online banking.
Queen signs off on Tenant Fees Bill
'Unfair' letting fees will be banned from 1st June 2019.
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First Look: £500mn ‘vertical village’ takes shape in Kensington
100 Kensington is due to reshape the West London skyline with the tallest resi tower ever delivered in the Royal Borough.
Strutts bolsters country house team with hires from Savills & Knight Frank
James Machell & James Robinson have joined the BNP Paribas-owned estate agency's National Country House Department.
Benchmark deal in Marylebone demonstrates art of ‘old-fashioned agency’
£9.95mn apartment attracted multiple bids and set a new 2025 price record - with zero public exposure.
‘I have never known such a challenging marketplace’: Inside 2025’s great country house slowdown
Mishcon de Reya's Idina Glyn speaks to some of Britain's top rural property agents to uncover what's really been happening in the prime country house market.
Prime London 25: How luxury property agents embraced the digital age
Ruth Bloomfield explores the new gadgets & technological leaps that have shaped London’s prime property sector since the turn of the millennium – including portals, smartphones & social media.
Buying agency adds Garrington & DDRE alumna
Katie Neale has joined Haringtons UK.
Massive payout in ‘landmark’ Bankside Rights-of-Light ruling
'These are believed to be the highest negotiating damages ever awarded in a rights of light case,' say lawyers.
Social Circuit: ‘Off-market’ networking series debuts in Knightsbridge
Invite-only soirées aim to reimagine offline networking for London’s prime property insiders.
Country house buyers in strongest position for seven years
'It’s quite clear where the negotiating power sits at the moment', says Knight Frank, as high supply & meagre demand puts downward pressure on country property prices.
Landmark Shard residences still unlet amid ‘severe’ ultra-prime market contraction
Company filings cite market downturn & tax changes for delays in letting set of luxury apartments at the iconic London skyscraper.
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HNW family offices show ‘ambivalence’ toward real estate investments
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London rental market ‘buoyed by surge in supply’
'We expect this healthy balance between supply and demand to continue' through the summer, says Foxtons.
Claim: A million UK homes have seen values jump more than 50% in the last five years
But nearly one in six London properties have seen their value fall by more than 5% since the pandemic.
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Studio Bosk creates 'living, breathing ecosystem in the sky' at East London skyscraper.