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Green light for St Giles Circus
Seventeen years after shelling out £20m for it, developer Laurence Kirschel has finally been given permission to transform his acre of the West End.
£10m for the perfect Devon village?
...UPDATE (22nd May 2014): Looks like the asking price is going to be in the £11-11.5m range...
Transaction levels hit 5 year high as supply and demand diverge
Resi transactions "saw a big jump" last month, according to the RICS, with the average Chartered Surveyor selling an average of 20.
Countrywide Chairman steps down
Chairman of Countrywide plc, the UK's biggest property services group, has announced he'll be stepping down with immediate effect.
London councils challenge office-to-resi rights
Camden, Islington, Lambeth and Richmond councils are limbering up for a High Court challenge to permitted development rights that allow the conversion of office space to residential use.
Octopus buys Dragonfly
Jonathan Samuel's short-term lending business Dragonfly Property Finance has been bought-up by Octopus Capital Ltd, the holding company of Octopus Investments Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.
Land Reg trials ownership data on a map
The Land Registry is trialling a mapping interface for its data with Landmark Information Group.
Resi construction credit crunch “far from over” as lending shrinks 10% in five months
Lending for residential property construction has dropped by 42% over the last three years, and by 10% since Help to Buy launched in April, according to law firm EMW.
Artists in Residence: Integrating contemporary art into new developments
Londonewcastle's Robert Soning on finding the right space and the importance of his firm's latest acquisition...
Fine & Country opens 7th Surrey office
Fine & Country has opened its seventh office in Surrey, on St Judes Road, Englefield Green. Paul Garrod is running the show, which will specialise in marketing £800k+ homes.
Resi development land values post another rise as developers look beyond “oven-ready” sites – Knight Frank
Resi development land values across the UK (excluding London) recorded another three months of "convincing" growth between July and September, according to Knight Frank's latest findings.
Elizabeth House decision called in for review
Air-punching from English Heritage and UNESCO; not so much from London & Regional Properties and Chelsfield.