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New rules for lettings ombudsman schemes
New Housing Minister Kris Hopkins is taking on the task of cleaning up the private rented sector, publishing a series of conditions that need to be met by a company or organisation setting up a redress…
River Banking: London’s waterfront market
"The top 10 cities in the world for global real estate in terms of both where to live and invest are all located either on the banks of a major river, on the harbour front or by the ocean," points out…
Mortgage lending hits five-year high on the back of “overwhelmingly positive” economic news
"We do not expect the Bank of England to move quickly to raise interest rates, once the UK passes the 7% unemployment threshold," says the Council of Mortgage Lenders, as "housing activity is set to strengthen…
Locals to have more power over wind turbines
Locals are being given more say in how wind turbines are sited;
“Most perfect house in the British Isles” up for auction with £250k-£500k guide
It's very rare to see an entire estate go up for sale by auction. It's blue moon time when it includes a property of the stature of Halswell House. Let alone with a guide price of £250k-£500k.
Battersea Power Station Public View: Highlights
Battersea Power Station's plans have been on public display for a couple of weeks now; if you haven't managed to be nosy on site in person, here are some of the more visual highlights...
Almacantar signs-off on super-prime resi units for Marble Arch Tower
Rafael Viñoly's £500m-ish mixed-use plans for Almacantar's new-look Marble Arch Tower have apparently been finalised, with the proposed development involving the demolition of the existing 1960s tower…
New Land Reg stats show a “painfully slow UK recovery”
New numbers from the Land Registry show a "painfully slow UK recovery", with Q3's average house prices crawling up at a rate three times lower than the long term average, says London Central Portfolio's…
Architects report first annual workload increase since 2008
There's bad news for Jeremy Kyle's viewing figures this week, with architects reporting their first annual workload increase in over four years.
Prime outer London market outpacing PCL – Knight Frank
Less than a week after releasing its predictions for the next five years (+24% UK-wide if you missed it), Knight Frank has been updating us on last month's activity in the UK, prime and rental markets.
Last call for Agents’s Mutual Gold standard as portal smashes targets
Agents' Mutual - the agent-owned challenger property portal - has issued a final call for estate agents to sign up to its "Gold" scheme, and now expects to smash its original target of 1,000 Gold members…
Candy nets Sugar Quay freehold from the fishmongers
Christian Candy’s CPC Group has secured the freehold to "the last big residential development site in the City of London", Sugar Quay.