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Rollercoaster first day for Foxtons float
It's been a rollercoaster of a first day on the stock market for Foxtons (FOXT) shares, as the company offered 60% of its equity to the world.
The estate agency's share price rocketed by 19% to 274.
House price optimism hits highest level since 2010
Britain's householders reckon the value of their bricks and mortar rose for the sixth consecutive month in September, according to Knight Frank and Markit's latest mood reading effort, and are more upbeat…
Foxtons floats for £649m
Foxtons will start life on the London Stock Exchange with a value of £649m (a cool $1bn), right at the top-end of the expected £550-650m range.
Shares in the estate agency were valued at £2.
ES Power 1000: London property’s most influential
Releasing the authoritative rundown of the most influential Londoners last night, the Evening Standard revealed its "Power 1000" list was topped by a mewling baby this year.
Big Guns: In search of London’s largest homes
For our friends over in the commercial sector, ambition is measured by the loft of a skyscraper - demonstrated to great effect by the Shard et al - but here in the residential world, it's lateral space…
Right time for Greenwich as riverside schemes surge
Proving there's more to SE10 than extraordinarily good beer and the birth of standardised time, Greenwich in SE London is currently undergoing a renaissance of neptunian proportions.
Northacre puts £10m into 1 Palace Street
Northacre is putting £10m into a special purpose vehicle to develop 1 Palace Street, next-door to Buckingham Palace, and expects to complete on the former DFID offices in January 2014.
Fast Buck: Shawbrook rolls out dedicated short-term lending team
"High street challenger bank" Shawbrook has launched a dedicated short-term lending team to take on urgent deals.
Banda’s Battersea bonanza as bakery scheme sells out in a day
All five apartments in the developer's latest project near Battersea Park have exchanged within 24 hours of launch
Osborne: “Let’s not pretend there’s a housing boom”
George Osborne has told the Institute of Directors that the property market is not overheating.
Letting Away With It: The murky world of “secret commissions”
After a property maintenance firm claimed to "blow the whistle" this week, former lawyer Jonathan Monjack calls for an end to "secret commissions" throughout the rental sector...
Forward March: Chelsea Barracks works to start in “early November”
After five years of hand-wringing, head-scratching and the odd outburst from Prince Charles, it looks like the infamous Chelsea Barracks site is finally about to begin its prom queen-style transformation.