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The Housing Standards Review: What can developers expect?
In a drive to simplify the myriad of standards, guidance and codes that apply to the construction of new homes in the UK, the government announced in March that current housing standards are to be reduced…
Country Life Fair: 27-28th September, Fulham Palace
The inaugural Country Life Fair is primed to take over the grounds of Fulham Palace in West London in September.
The ‘Uberfication’ of the real estate industry (video)
The property industry can learn a lot from minicab app Uber, concludes a panel of US real estate experts assembled by Inman News.
‘Dark storm brewing’ for China’s domestic property portals
"A dark storm is brewing in China’s local real estate market," proclaims Andrew Taylor, the co-founder of Chinese super-portal Juwai, as reports circulate that local realtors and agents are boycotting…
Turning up the Volumes: UK transactions hit highest level since 2007
Q2 Land Registry stats are out and LCP's done a sterling job of breaking them down for us. Here's the headlines...
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Hamptons taps into short let boom
Hamptons International has decided to launch a dedicated Short Lets Department in response to a 'significant rise in demand'.
Which UK Government has overseen the biggest house price rises?
With May 2015 already looming large, one agency has been looking into how the country's house prices have historically fared under Labour and Tory reign.
Nod for Brimelow McSweeney’s Soho scheme
Brimelow McSweeney has bagged planning permission for its residential designs on 181-185 Wardour Street in the heart of Soho.
Landlords and lettings agents left confused by immigration check guidance
Home Office guidance on immigration checks (which was issued, withdrawn, and re-issued without change in the space of 24 hours) will lead to yet more confusion for landlords, says Carter Jonas’ Head…
Green Belt resi development on the rise
There's been a bloom of residential developments on Green Belt land under the Coalition Government, with the number of resi approvals rising by 148% over the last five year.
Church sells four acres of Mayfair to Crowns for £381m
The Church has offloaded its 64% stake in the Pollen Estate - that four acre square of Mayfair between Conduit Street, Regent Street, Burlington Gardens and Bond Street - for £381m to Norway's sovereign…
Sotheby’s hits 1m visits a month
Luxury real estate colossus Sotheby’s International Realty has been attracting some bumper online traffic lately; the firm's global website clocked up over a million visits last month.