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Countrywide backers offload £200m-worth of shares
Private equity backers Oaktree and Apollo offloaded some £200m-worth of shares in estate agency behemoth Countrywide yesterday, in an attempt to cash in on "alot" of demand.
Foreign investor demand for new-build sky-high
It sounds like overseas buyers still can't get enough of London's boxfresh developments.
New Chairman for bridging finance body
Brightstar Financial chief Rob Jupp has been named as the next Chairman of The Association of Bridging Professionals (AOBP).
Britain is “flirting with a property bubble”
The UK is on the brink of a "another runaway rise in house prices", according to a poll of economists by Reuters, with a 50/50 chance that we'll see something like 1997-2007's tripling of house prices…
Time out for Abramovich’s Cheyne Walk plan
It sounds like Roman Abramovich has put his plan to renovate a mansion on the banks of the Thames in Chelsea on hold for the time being.
Reddy set to transform Aldgate
Reddy Architecture + Urbanism has got the lead architect gig for a £50m 23 storey, mixed use retail and residential development in the middle of London's Aldgate.
City Limits: What sort of London are we building?
Free the leviathan of residential construction from the callous shackles of planning control, says Edward Keene...
What sort of London are we building?
RICS names new Chair of UK & Ireland Board
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has appointed the new Chair of its UK & Ireland World Regional Board.
Prime buyers back with intent after a year of window shopping – Chesterton Humberts
Sales of £1m+ houses in London rocketed by 31% in Q2 of this year, according to the latest from Chesterton Humberts, as the agency revises its house price forecasts to a +8.2% for the year.
LCP re-opens apartment fund
"Significant investor demand" has prompted London Central Portfolio to open up the doors again to its Sharia-compliant London Central Apartments fund.
Allsopp wants buyers for new Ch4 show
Crafty homes maven Kirstie Allsopp is looking for property buyers for her brand new Channel 4 property show.
Quick Buck: Bridging loans on the rise in Q2
Greater choice and increasingly competitive rates drove a chunky 16.9% hike in the number of borrowers taking out bridging loans in Q2, according to the Association of Short Term Lenders.