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Mortgage approvals drop as home-movers sit tight
3.6% fewer home-mover mortgages were approved in June compared to the same month last year, according to the latest update from trade body UK Finance
President Trump Eyes a New Real-Estate Purchase: Greenland
The American President wants to buy Greenland from Denmark, apparently
St William unveils plans for 1,800-home ‘King’s Road Park’ scheme in Fulham
The Berkeley Group arm is working with EPR, Gillespies and Johnson Naylor on its vision for the last major development project in the Fulham regeneration area...
Student digs to super-home: Historic former Rectory at Lambeth Palace resurrected as an ultra-prime mansion
Dating from the 1700s and set in half an acre of grounds backing onto Archbishop's Park, one of London's most important Georgian gems has been undergoing an ultra-prime resi conversion since being sold…
Required Reading: The VAT reverse charge for building & construction services
A major change to the way VAT is collected in the building and construction industry comes into play on 1st October 2019 [delayed to 2020].
‘Too easy for planners to say no’: Top architect calls for a change to the Country House Clause
John Pardey says the NPPF's coveted Paragraph 79 should be cut or reformed, after losing an appeal for a modern mansion in the Kent countryside
Scotland’s country house market slips for the first time in two years
Knight Frank flags up a change in direction for price growth over the border, along with a big fall in the number of high-end instructions
Urban Exposure recruits strategy chief
Former Lloyds Banking Group MD Graeme Alfille-Cook has completed a consultancy gig for Apex Airspace, and now joins Urban Exposure Plc
Profits plunge for Dubai’s Damac
Luxury property developer's profits record an 87% fall in Q2, but the company "remains financially robust"
High-end joinery specialist hires Sizebreed founder
Barry Breed joins Leicester-based NBJ as Business Development Director, after leaving the high-end construction firm he co-founded with Darren Size in 2009
Battersea Power Station sales ‘are running at £10 million a month’
SW London's £9bn development project seems to be getting back on track, as sales volumes and values climb back to 2017 levels
London’s property downturn has now lasted longer than during the Global Financial Crisis
Annual house price growth in London has been in negative territory for 16 consecutive months, according to the official UK HPI.