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Have boffins worked out how to predict the next up-and-coming neighbourhood?
Forget skips and Starbucks' - researchers from Cambridge, Birmingham, Queen Mary and UCL have put forward some compelling ideas on how location-based social networks could foretell the gentrification…
Prices fall across England & Wales; ‘Gears grinding’ in prime London heartlands
The latest HPI reading from the Land Registry has shown a monthly price decrease of -0.5% across England & Wales, bringing the annual change to 6.7%.
In London a marginal monthly uplift of 0.
LCP brings in former FTSE Chairman as Director
Property fund and asset manager London Central Portfolio has followed up the appointment of Triangle Group's Rick Denton to its board by securing the services of a former FTSE 250 Chairman.
Merchant Land unveils new Marylebone scheme
Boutique developer Merchant Land has pulled the covers off this rather handsome Georgian-inspired scheme in London's Marylebone.
Emaar sets up shop in Harrods to sell the “Riviera of the Middle East”
Dubai-based mega-developer Emaar Properties, the firm behind the world’s incumbent tallest building, Burj Khalifa, has teamed up with Harrods Estates to promote its latest project: Dubai Creek Harbour,…
LendInvest development finance team completing a deal a week
LendInvest's new development finance division has written 14 deals in its first four months, ranging from £400k right up to £10m.
Picky planning is ‘contributing to a completely unfair and immoral housing shortfall’
"Change isn't happening", says Stirling Ackroyd's Andrew Bridges as new figures show that the number of new homes granted planning permission in London has plummeted by 64% in the last year, with…
Planning approvals for new homes in London tumble by 64%
Four in ten new London homes were rejected by planners in Q1, as the total number of approvals tumbled by 64% compared to the same period last year - although Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea approved…
Emerging Prime values hold up as younger buyers move in
Douglas & Gordon's latest statistics provide further confirmation that London's centre cannot hold, as house prices in "emerging prime" areas drift down at a slower rate than in prime proper for the second…
Chelsea agency makes a move on Spain
Longstanding Chelsea estate agency Maskells has teamed up with an overseas partner to offer clients access to prime Spanish stock.
Villa Colorado in Marbella, on the market at €11.9m
Big sales boost for Foxtons but Q2 looks ‘challenging’
Foxtons has reported a chunky rise in sales commissions in Q1 as buyers rushed to complete before the April stamp duty deadline.
Total group revenue worked out at £38.
Skills shortage sharpens for SME builders as new private housing projects jump 20%
Salaries for small building firms are soaring as a result of the growing skills shortage, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), as the number of new private housing projects increased by…