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Mead: In defence of traditional full service estate agency
After that Daily Mail article on estate agents' "eight sneaky secrets" (penned by an online agent), Ed Mead answers back, with interest...
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Gross mortgage lending jumps 37% as market confidence ‘runs high’
Around £15.4bn-worth of mortgages were dished out in March, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, taking Q1's haul to £46.3bn.
That £15.4bn is 33% higher than last March's £11.
Grandest Designs: The build-your-own stately homes
The English countryside could be about to see two new mansions "of national importance" arise from its green folds, so long as someone finds the time and money to actually build them.
Windlesham House
Do we really need the Mortgage Market Review?
The clumsy hand of government has to be very careful when it interferes in the dynamics of markets, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
No Messing About on the River: Why Putney is pulling in the new-build punters
The ripple effect has made this riverside hub one to watch for a prime new-build investment, says CBRE's Head of Residential Mark Collins...
Langham Square
Largest of Scotland’s Summer Isles comes up for sale
One of the finest private islands in the UK has just come up for sale, with a price tag of nearly £2m.
Grainger moves into prime SW3 with 61-house portfolio deal
Grainger plc, Britain's biggest listed residential property owner/manager, has bought a 61-house portfolio in Chelsea for £160m.
Ovington St, SW3
Letting redress schemes get compulsory
The Housing Minister Kris Hopkins has decreed that all letting and property management agents will be required to join an approved redress scheme later this year.
If a property was worth £1m in 2007…
By Savills' reckoning, values in the inner commuter zone are now at least back to their 2007 peak, and those in the outer commuter zones aren't far off.
Lend or Foe: How will the MMR affect High Net Worth borrowers?
The mortgage market gets a new set of rules at the end of the month: expect some teething problems and stressful work for lenders and intermediaries, says Islay Robinson, but the Mortgage Market Review also…
New Sales & Marketing Director for Mount Anvil
Developer Mount Anvil (the firm behind schemes like Dollar Bay in Canary Wharf, The Landau in Fulham and The Lexicon in Islington) has hired a new Sales and Marketing Director.
The five best property websites in the world?
The annual Webby Awards aim to recognise the best websites on the 'net;