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Grand Registry: Surveying last month’s biggest registered deals
A best-in-class family home in Chelsea and a stately new-build mansion in Surrey topped the rundown of high-end sales recorded by the Land Registry in September...
UK International Property Awards 2019/20: The Winners
All the winning firms and projects from Friday's gong-fest at the Royal Lancaster Hotel...
Westminster’s new City Plan goes to the vote on 13th November
Westminster's "ambitious" set of new planning policies are to go before the City Council’s Full Council for consideration next month.
New-build home registrations slow in Q3
39,364 new homes were registered with the NHBC over the last three months, compared to 43,403 a year ago
Dame Hackitt to advise on new Building Safety Regulator
Author of the post-tragedy Grenfell Tower report to steer the Ministry of Housing's powerful new safety body
Septic tank rule change could kick up a stink for property sellers
New septic tank regulations require all homes not connected to a mains sewage network to review, upgrade or replace their non-mains system by the 1st January 2020;
Landmark Info makes a brace of senior hires
DMGT-owned Landmark Information Group has new Finance and Product leaders
PCL price rally ‘peters out’
Prices slipped by 0.6% in September to leave the annual fall at 1.8%, reports LCP, with transaction volumes now running at their lowest ever level...
104 property sales worth £2.06bn: London’s super-prime market in five charts
Some fascinating insights into this year's £10m+ sales market from Knight Frank, including a flurry of £30m+ deals, building demand for super-prime, currency plays, and how UHNW buyers are getting younger…
Who will watch the watchmen: On dirty money & estate agency
The government is finally stepping up the fight against the tide of 'dirty money' flowing through the UK property market, but estate agents shouldn't be the first line of defence, argues Saul Empson...
Returning Stamp Duty to 2005 levels would galvanise the property market, suggests influential think tank
"Stamp duty has distorted the market to such an extent that the costs of cutting it are far lower than generally realised," suggests the Centre for Policy Studies, led by David Cameron's former housing…
Market Snapshot: Prime rents in London & the commuter belt
Prime London rents have risen for the first time since 2016, reports Savills, while rents in the commuter belt continue to fall