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Postcode Lottery: Prime Central London’s investment hotspots
SW1X (Belgravia) is London's most expensive postcode and W1D/T (Soho) shows the highest long-term growth history in PCL, but W1T/W (Fitzrovia) is the best bet for property investment according to some…
Pickles promises end to ‘outdated’ short-term renting rules
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has pledged to get rid of laws dating back to the 70s designed to prevent Londoners from renting out their homes on a short-term basis.
New home permissions hit six-year high (but too many sites are stuck in outline planning) – HBF
New home permissions have risen to levels not seen since 2008, according to the Home Builders Federation.
Triangle completes on £212.5m Midtown deal
A consortium headed up by investment, development and asset management outfit Triangle has just completed on the acquisition of a major portfolio in Holborn.
TfL HQ scheme called into question
A report has threatened to derail plans to sell off Transport for London's Grade I-listed HQ as luxury apartments.
Top marks for Countrywide’s young surveyors
There was a 92% pass rate for latest batch of young surveyors at Countrywide: 50 of the 54 trainees who submitted for RICS assessment in April are now qualified as Associates of RICS, marking another notch…
Flower Power: Putting a price on a garden square address
Hamptons International has had a go at working out the premium you'll pay for a property on one of London's top garden squares.
Really Useful acquisition for English Rose
Fitzrovia-based developer English Rose Estates has snapped up Andrew Lloyd Webber's former Covent Garden HQ for £20m.
New recruit and lending milestone for Topland
Sol Zakay's property investment outfit, Topland, has announced it has dished out over £400m in its recent lending drive.
The firm has now funded schemes with a collective GDV in excess of £800m.
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We're rather proud to announce the launch of The PrimeResi Directory: a new resource to help you find the right people for the job.
Tax Discredit: Why next year’s CGT changes could be a very bad idea
To continue to attract investors to our country, we need to offer the prospect of stronger returns than our European counterparts and that’s not going to be achieved by hiking up tax bills, says David…
Chinese buyers to become ‘biggest overseas force in London’s property market’ by 2016
Harrods Estates has signed an agency-wide partnership with Chinese mega-portal Juwai.com, as new figures are released on the scale of Chinese investment into the capital's property market.