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Required Reading: Right to rent and the prime lettings industry
Landlords at the top end are likely to start placing more reliance on their agents for guidance on immigration checks, following the introduction of a controversial pilot scheme earlier this month.
One Other Portal: Savills and Chestertons make their decisions
We know we promised to spare you all the Rightmove vs.
Cadogan Estate collaborates with design magazine on pop-up apartment
The Cadogan Estate has collaborated with design bible Wallpaper* on a pretty innovative pop-up project at its new scheme in Knightsbridge.
A third of properties on the market are now reduced – Zoopla
One in three properties currently listed on Zoopla have been reduced to some degree, says the portal, with discounts adding up to a grand total of £3.
House price growth has now ‘quietened from the roar’
House prices increased by 10.4% in the year to October, according to the latest batch of ONS data, although seasonally adjusted prices eased up by just 0.1% between September and October.
‘A year of two halves’ for prime central London lettings
It's been a year of two halves in the PCL lettings market, says Lucy Morton, with the supply and demand pendulum swinging towards supply in the latter half of the year.
The Collection hires Vastu Shastra specialist to cater for influx of Indian buyers
A Mayfair buying agency has decided to partner up with a Vastu Shastra specialist after reporting a significant increase in the number of clients of Indian origin looking to buy in London.
Hamptons boosts Land & New Homes team
Hamptons International has ramped up its Country Residential Development & Investment, Land & New Homes offering, with the appointment of James Turpin as Senior Land Negotiator.
New Lettings Manager for Henry & James
PCL-based independent Henry & James has hired Steve Cook to head up its Belgravia lettings team.
Mansion tax and the prime London lettings market: An impact assessment
About 20,000 rental properties in London are worth £2m or more, says Knight Frank. A mansion tax on the these homes could have some significant unintended consequences for tenants and landlords...
Prime London property now ‘wholly in the shadow’ of May’s election
London's prime resi market is now operating "wholly in the shadow" of May's general election, says Knight Frank, with those changes to stamp duty adding to this short term uncertainty to squash demand…
Westminster to shut door on office-to-resi conversions
Westminster City Council is pretty worried about all the office-to-resi conversions going on at the moment. So much so that it's in the process of overhauling its policy to "reverse the current trend".