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What Lies Beneath: Why basement developments are nothing to be scared of
Changes in planning policy may make things trickier for niche developers and private clients, but opportunities for single dwelling basement developments are still worth seizing, says Sheila McCusker...
London steams ahead as transaction volumes reach seven-year high
Strutt & Parker has done a sterling job of reviewing Q3 figures across prime central London, unearthing some eye-catching stats on the volume of deals over the last few months.
Help to Buy: A buying agent’s view
The government should be addressing why housing is so expensive in the first place, rather than finding a way to fund it, says Camilla Dell...
Agents’ Mutual to launch next year (ahead of schedule) as over 1,000 offices sign-up
Agents' Mutual, the unnamed estate agency-owned property portal that aims to take down the Rightmove/Zoopla duopoly, has hit its golden number of signed-up offices, and can now "move forward to implementation…
Exchanges up 40% in Jackson-Stops’s “best summer since the recession”
Jackson-Stops & Staff's new Chairman Nick Leeming has been trumpeting the firm's "best summer since the recession".
The country-spanning, 40-office network has certainly been in the deals;
PCL market plateauing as capital values calm – WA Ellis
Prime central London's ever-upward trajectory seems to be coming to an end, especially in the £6-15m bracket, according to the latest from WA Ellis.
Home extensions could void insurance policies for one in three households
Nearly half of the 58% of UK households that have carried out extension work in the last five years have not told their insurers, leaving around a third with an invalid insurance policy, according to some…
London homes should be exempt from stamp duty – BoJo
Boris Johnson used his speech at the Tory Party Conference to ask the Chancellor to exempt London homes from the "baleful effects" of stamp duty.
Tenants’ Charter offers longer lets, but is it needed?
Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, has set about revolutionising the lettings industry by making longer tenancies the norm, although Savills has come out to argue that there's just no need for more…
Planning nod for Southbank’s £1bn high-rise cluster
Carlyle Group's big plans for a "Gateway to Southwark" have been recommended for approval by the Council.
Image by DBOX for the Carlyle Group and PLP Architecture
New portal gears up for UK launch
A new property portal is preparing for a UK-wide roll out tomorrow, aiming to address "disquiet" amongst estate and letting agents.
California-based Propertini, inc.
What is an estate agent? OFT revises the definition
The Office of Fair Trading has revised its definition of what it is to be an estate agent.