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CBRE London Residential recruits Chief Operating Officer from JLL
CBRE has boosted its Resi leadership team in London with a big hire from JLL.
The average home now changes hands every 19 years
The average number of years between property sales has dropped from nearly 25 to just under 19 since 2010, with southern homes shifting far more frequently than those in the North.
Prices to rise by 25% in five years as ‘no easing in supply constraint’ – RICS
UK House prices are expected to rise by 4.5% per annum over the next five years, delivering a cumulative increase of around 25% according to the latest from RICS.
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Kitchen Drink: Demand for wine coolers up by a third
Nearly half (48%) of kitchen designers and property developers say that customers have requested wine coolers in the last 12 months, according to a survey by Direct Line Premium Insurance.
Suburban Resistance: How Outer London boroughs turned down 4,160 potential new homes in H1
London's Inner boroughs are granting planning permission for more new homes than all the surrounding Outer boroughs put together, according to new research out today.
The correction in prime central London ‘has already happened’ – W.A.Ellis
The bubble may have burst in PCL but the effect is not as decimating as recent reports from UBS and Deutsche bank might suggest, says W.A.Ellis' Richard Barber...
Screen Idylls: How to design a showstopping home cinema
Home cinemas have come a long way in recent years and an oversized telly and a couple of beanbags simply won't cut it with today's top-end buyers.
Colliers recruits new Director of Residential from Cushman
Colliers International has appointed a former Army Major and Cushman & Wakefield Partner to lead its residential development team.
Profit blow for Winkworth but ‘improved’ housing market ahead
Winkworth has reported a "particularly slow" year in the PCL market and warned that profits for 2015 will be "slightly below market expectations".
Housing supply jumps 25% as new-builds and conversions soar – HMRC
170,690 new homes were added to England's total housing supply in 2014-15, representing a massive 25% increase in net additional dwellings from 2013-14, according to the latest from HMRC.
House of the Year #2: Two more homes join the Manser shortlist
An experimental London house incorporating the walls of a 19th century stable into its split-wing design (Kew House) and Vaulted House, a sophisticated family house in Chiswick characterised by six skylight…
Bell Ingram wins Landmark deal to restore historic Scottish buildings
Perthshire-based Bell Ingram has secured a new contract with The Landmark Trust to upgrade 19 of Scotland’s most famous historic buildings, including The Macintosh Building in Perthshire and The Pineapple…