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Design for living on show at Open House Weekend
More than 700 London buildings will be opening their doors to the public on the 19th and 20th September for this year's Open House Weekend.
Pension freedoms aren’t creating an over 55’s property bonanza
Future dealings in the property market by householders currently over the age of 55 will account for more than three million property transactions, worth a total of more than £775bn, says the Prudential.
Worth A Pont: Planners mull Knightsbridge/Holland Park ‘land use swap’
The owner of three Knightsbridge apartments has come up with an inventive sweetener for his ambitious amalgamation plans - offering to divvy up a house in Holland Park to balance out the resulting loss…
Housebuilder warns on ‘severe’ lack of construction workers
Major housebuilder Weston Homes has warned that a "severe" shortfall in skilled workers is the biggest challenge facing the industry as it aims to hit the Government's target of 200,000 new homes…
Landmark ramps up London operation
Developer Landmark Estates has cranked up its capability in the capital with a couple of senior hires, a new West End office and some chunky financial backing.
Stocks & Scares: How will China’s financial turmoil affect the UK property market?
The UK resi market may have lost some of the 'like-to-buys’ recently, but there is still no better place to invest your money, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Stable Investment: Mayfair mega-mews sells for record price
It looks like a Fenton Whelan project in Mayfair has just become the world's most expensive mews house.
LendInvest rebrands to reject ‘old-school finance’
Peer-to-peer property finance platform LendInvest has given itself a new brand identity in an effort to "reinforce its position as the face of new finance."
Agency calls for urgent SDLT review as top end deals tumble
A Knightsbridge estate agency has beseeched the Government to reconsider the new stamp duty pricing structure after it emerged that £2m+ sales have fallen by 38% in London.
Cushman and DTZ complete $2bn mega-merger
Global real estate megaliths Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ have completed a $2bn merger to create one of the world’s largest real estate services firms, with a combined total of $5bn in revenue, 43,000…
Tough new clean construction rules come into play for London sites
Construction site managers throughout London are now required to retrofit or replace old, polluting machinery in "a world-first step" to help clean up the capital's air and reduce damaging emissions from…
£30m Surrey super-home offered off-the-shelf
Hush Developments and Surrey agency Barton Wyatt have begun pitching HNW buyers with an off-the-shelf mega-home that could be worth up to £30m and take around two years to build.