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Housebuilder warns on ‘severe’ lack of construction workers
RBKC clamps down on noisy construction works
Kensington & Chelsea is to outlaw noisy construction work at weekends after agreeing a new Code of Construction Practice.
RBKC moves to slash noisy construction working hours
RBKC has proposed reducing the hours contractors can carry out noisy works in the borough.
Construction activity escalates in London (but what’s happened to the planning pipeline?)
The number of units under construction in central London has hit record levels, reports JLL. The current figure of 30,700 is up 8% on H2 2014 and 18% in the last year.
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Rising star joins super-prime brokerage as its youngest PCL director
Chelsea specialist Jessica Moreton has made the move to UK Sotheby’s International Realty from Douglas & Gordon.
Homes of the Rich & Famous: Celebrity-owned properties sell twice as fast as ‘normal’ listings
An A-list occupant can generate a huge buzz for a new instruction, reports Beauchamp Estates, but the effect on the property's value is less obvious.
Chestertons bolsters London super-prime lettings team
Big-brand estate agency eyes 'strategic growth' in top-end rental sector with new Head of Super Prime Lettings.
Stamp Duty ‘should be abolished as part of a wholesale reform of property taxation’
'SDLT certainly should not be increased,' declares an in-depth new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and 'a well-designed tax system would have no place for SDLT at all.'
Grosvenor names new UK CEO
Jamie Whitty-Lewis has been promoted following James Raynor's move to lead the international property business.
Luxury agency sells brace of storied PCL penthouses
Beauchamp Estates confirms sales of Belgravia and Marylebone apartments once home to Christine McVie and Mick Jagger, as part of a £100mn run of deals.
Super-prime North London mansion frozen in international fraud probe
Luxury Avenue Road residence, City office block and West End flats among £130mn of London property identified in crackdown on alleged global fraud operation.
Innovo lines up debut London resi play opposite Lord’s
First outing for UK arm of Middle Eastern luxury property giant to deliver 89 new homes in collaboration with a 'best-in-class' design team.
First Look: Valouran opens sales at Bishops Avenue Gardens
Super-prime developer's 36-unit scheme aims to usher in a 'new era' of luxury living on Billionaires' Row.
Mapped: Latest price & rental growth across Prime London
Neighbourhood-level data points to further steep declines across the traditional PCL heartlands in the past three months.
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