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HOME: Show Preview 2013
The trade-only design frenzy that is HOME is just around the corner, and it's not one to miss if you are in the interiors game.
£5m+ property prices now 32% above 2007 peak
Three and a half years of headline-grabbing hikes have resulted in average prime central London property prices now standing 23.9% above their former 2007 peak, according to Savills.
Number of British property millionaires hits 300,000
Nearly 50,000 new property millionaires were created in Britain last year, bringing the total number of £1m+ properties to 300,000, according to some new stats from Zoopla.
Client-Side: A do-er upper’s 2013 forecast
Our resident serial renovator / buying-agent-turned-client Alan Page lines up the crystal balls and makes some earthy predictions for London's prime property market in 2013.
Zoopla rounds-off 2012 by absorbing Globrix
Zoopla's buying spree continued right to the end of 2012, with the DPG-merged group snapping up Globrix.com from A&N Media for an undisclosed sum over Christmas. The Globrix brand is all but erased already;
Prime country property prices end year down 3.8%
2012's final quarter saw prime country property prices drop again by 1.2%, taking the annual price fall to 3.8% according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Penrose calls on English Heritage to protect our views
John Penrose, the former architecture minister, has called for Britain's best views to be listed by English Heritage in the same way as historic buildings to avoid "casual destruction".
Monty on the Money: Prime time for HNWs as mortgage rates fall
In his first column for PrimeResi, mortgage maestro Andrew Montlake looks at the prospects for HNW borrowers in 2013...
EPC changes confirmed (and clarified)
As Don Foster announced on Tuesday, EPC display rules have been "recast"..
Buying Agency’s #1 Prime Movers: Charlie Ellingworth & Peter Mackie of Property Vision
Property Vision has had a very big year, reclaiming its independence from HSBC Private Bank in a management buy-out and – more importantly – having two partners named joint kingpins in our inaugural…
No full frontal for EPCs
MP Don Foster announced yesterday that property details won't have to include the full front page of an EPC after all.
Vauxhall Towers win planning approval
A year after submitting detailed proposals, CLS Holdings has got the go-ahead to begin construction of two 50-storey mixed-use towers in Vauxhall, between Vauxhall's transport "hub" and Ballymore's new…