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EU Referendum date set for 23rd June
Prime Minister Dave emerged from the other side the Channel on Saturday brandishing a compromise agreement for a tarted-up British relationship with the European Union.
What impact will the EU Referendum have on the residential property market?
Now that we have a date, here's how agency chief Trevor Abrahmsohn sees both national and London property markets faring in the lead up to, and aftermath of, the Big Vote...
Wolff wins planning for two north London projects
Notting Hill-based Wolff Architects has bagged planning permission for two high-end schemes in north London: a 9,000 square foot new-build villa and the transformation of a former police station into…
Green light for Greenland’s giant Hertsmere House
Plans to build the biggest resi tower in Western Europe have been given the thumbs up in East London.
Carter Jonas recruits New Homes boss from CBRE
Heather Littlejohn has been signed up to lead Carter Jonas' New Homes team in London.
First to buy at Shoreditch scheme ‘gets a free Fiat cabrio’
Developers are offering some pretty interesting sweeteners these days, and this new scheme in Shoreditch is chucking in a free Fiat convertible for the first buyer past the post.
The New Cool: On the changing fashions of the London property market
Due to London's rare geographical fluidity, deeply unfashionable areas can emerge as achingly cool in a short space of time, while others can just as easily lose their edge, says Jazmin Atkins...
Changes to planning application fees ‘will be a boost to local development’
"Carrot-and-stick" government proposals to allow well-performing local authorities to increase their planning application fees and to compete to process planning applications have been hailed by the British…
£200m development plan for Oxford’s West End
A joint venture between Oxford City Council and Nuffield College has acquired a swathe of central Oxford, with plans for a major £200m mixed-use scheme, which promises to "breathe new life into the heart…
Lords Committee slams ‘short-sighted’ government housing policy
An influential House of Lords Committee has ripped into the UK Government's current housing policy, lambasting it as "short sighted" and "unlikely to meet demand for either the quantity or quality of…
‘Very special’ Phillimore mansion up for £12.5m
A right stunner has come up for sale on Kensington's Phillimore Estate.
Finishing School: The unique surfaces offering marks of distinction and difference
Changes to property taxation may be taking their toll on the high-end resi market in London, but whilst commissions to refurbish recently-purchased properties are slowing, this is being offset by an…