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Private housing continues to drive architects’ growth
The RIBA Future Trends Workload Index bounced back strongly in January 2016, rising to +29 (up from +15 in December 2015), with private housing continuing to be the primary growth area for the profession.
Osborne trumpets a ‘fair, workable, lasting’ SDLT reform
George Osborne says that over 780,000 homebuyers saved an estimated £657m on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in the year since the tax was reformed, while receipts from £1m+ sales increased by 15%.
Mayfair townhouse tops January’s recorded deals
Only a handful of super-prime resi deals featured in the latest release of Land Registry data, which looks increasingly like the new normal.
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Resi plans drawn up for Park Lane Hilton Tower
The Livingstone brothers' London & Regional have devised plans to add 28 luxury apartments at the top of the Park Lane Hilton Tower.
Sub-£1m properties ‘face extinction’ in Mayfair and the West End
The sub-£1m home is soon to become a thing of the past in Mayfair and the wider West End.
Two-unit amalgamation deemed ‘development’
An owner looking to combine two London flats into a single unit has been denied a LDC after a planning inspector decided the work would come under the official sec.55 definition of "development".
Investment banking chief takes up non-exec role at Helical Bar
Veteran real estate investment banker Richard Cotton has joined Barts Square developer Helical Bar as non-exec director.
Prices push up as £1m+ deals flow – Land Registry
A 2.5% monthly increase has taken the annual rate of house price growth to +7.1%, according to the latest from the Land Registry.
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Southern Grove gets go-ahead for £75m west London scheme
Mayfair-based developer Southern Grove has bagged planning for a £75m resi-led scheme in Ealing.
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Blakes Hotel to open Mayfair outpost on Grosvenor Square
The owner of South Kensington stalwart Blakes Hotel has submitted a planning application to create a new 30-room hotel in a fairly magnificent former mansion between the US Embassy and Finchatton's…
Rightmove reports a win from portal wars as market share rises to 85%
Revenues at Rightmove have climbed by 15% to £192.1m (2014: £167m), marking 15 successive years of growth for the UK's No.
New Director for heritage group SAVE Britain’s Heritage
Historic building campaign group SAVE has brought in a new Director to replace Clem Cecil, who moves on to become Executive Director of Pushkin House.