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Which UK Government has overseen the biggest house price rises?
With May 2015 already looming large, one agency has been looking into how the country's house prices have historically fared under Labour and Tory reign.
Nod for Brimelow McSweeney’s Soho scheme
Brimelow McSweeney has bagged planning permission for its residential designs on 181-185 Wardour Street in the heart of Soho.
Landlords and lettings agents left confused by immigration check guidance
Home Office guidance on immigration checks (which was issued, withdrawn, and re-issued without change in the space of 24 hours) will lead to yet more confusion for landlords, says Carter Jonas’ Head…
Green Belt resi development on the rise
There's been a bloom of residential developments on Green Belt land under the Coalition Government, with the number of resi approvals rising by 148% over the last five year.
Church sells four acres of Mayfair to Crowns for £381m
The Church has offloaded its 64% stake in the Pollen Estate - that four acre square of Mayfair between Conduit Street, Regent Street, Burlington Gardens and Bond Street - for £381m to Norway's sovereign…
Sotheby’s hits 1m visits a month
Luxury real estate colossus Sotheby’s International Realty has been attracting some bumper online traffic lately; the firm's global website clocked up over a million visits last month.
Interest Wait: Why Carney should hold off the brakes
The Governor should resist pulling the lever until much further down the track, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
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Mixed messages as ‘some sort of transition’ hits the London market
London's property prices crept up by just 0.3% in July, taking annual growth down to +7.9% as "some sort of transition is underway" according to the latest from Knight Frank.
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Bouygues appoints new Commercial Director
Bouygues UK has promoted Colin Whitfield to the Group Commercial Director seat with immediate effect.
Tenants Behaving Badly: Renters fess up
We all knew there were a few bad eggs amongst the UK's 8.3 million tenants, but some new research has claimed to lift the lid on the worst offenders and the extent of their transgressions.
Tough love for Candy’s Sugar Quay S106 plea
Planners are "sticking to their guns" over a £15m affordable housing contribution requirement for Candy & Candy's Foster + Partners-designed Sugar Quay development next door to the Tower of London.
Infographic: London’s house price boom by borough
There aren't any new stats here, just a pretty way of looking at them.