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Understanding affordable housing provision in prime London
Within the context of prime and super-prime residential development, affordable housing is a complex matter and one that most developers will need to address at some point or another.
Is this the biggest prime resi development opportunity since Chelsea Barracks?
An extraordinary 3.5-acre swathe of prime Chelsea worth up to £1bn could be coming available soon, if the rumours are to be believed this afternoon.
Viewings up 20% but beware of the “zombie market” – D&G
What do you get when you cross a 20% rise in viewings with a 22% decline in available stock? Small but steady price rises, says Douglas & Gordon's Ed Mead in the firm's latest market update...
PCL price growth slows (+0.6% in October)
It looks like the predictions are already coming true...
Great Portland Estates announces Hanover Square joint venture
Great Portland Estates has formed a new 50/50 joint venture with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to own and develop the Hanover Square Estate in Mayfair.
Spicerhaart back Agents’ Mutual
The Spicerhaart Group has signed up its 190 resi sales and lettings branches to new 100% agent-owned portal Agents' Mutual, joining the likes of Savills, Knight Frank, Chesterton Humberts, Douglas & Gordon,…
UK has highest property tax rate in the developed world: The full story
Making property taxes fair both politically and economically is no simple task; should tax aim to reduce housing demand or increase housing supply?
Policy Exchange's comprehensive "Taxing Issues?
Rightmove enquiries rocket 80%
Rightmove has reported a decent July-October session with "healthy growth in revenue and earnings" as agents spend more on advertising.
Not For Sale: The art of the direct approach
With some agents reporting eighteen buyers per instruction*, competition for "best in class" has never been tougher.
50% of all prime London homes now worth over £1m – Marsh & Parsons
Over half of the homes in London's prime postcodes are now worth more than a million quid, according to Marsh & Parsons' latest calculations.
That's a rise of 8% on this time last year and 6% since January.
Cine Cab: Zoopla broadcasts local property availability atop taxis
Zoopla is trying out more newfangled tech, using live LED screens atop London cabs to "intelligently broadcast property availability".
Knight Frank builds central resi development team
Knight Frank has added two newbies to its Central Residential Development team, based in Birmingham, "in direct response to the region’s increasing housebuilding activity".