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Carter Jonas strengthens Bath office
Carter Jonas has further bolstered its offering in Bath, hiring two experienced surveyors from JLL.
Stelios to “aggressively slash estate agency fees” with easyProperty launch
easyBillionaire Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is finally getting in to property, with a very bright orange holding page for easyProperty trumpeting a move into the industry "in true 'easy' style."
Call for listed building owners to have their say
The government has been playing around with listed building consents, introducing a swathe of reforms that are intended to improve the lot of heritage home owners and the properties they care for...
Short Shift: Jones Lang LaSalle in digital-led rebrand to JLL
Jones Lang LaSalle is overhauling its global brand, shortening its name to the more more pithy "JLL" and switching up the logo.
Required Reading: Understanding the proposed changes to Investor Visas
Radical new proposals to change Investor Visas could have far-reaching and direct consequences for the UK's prime property market, including a relaxation of residence requirements.
£44m secured for Shepherd’s Bush Market mixed use scheme
"Significant funding" to the tune of £44.
90% of househunters won’t compromise on location – Rightmove
Nine out of ten potential buyers "say they are not willing to compromise on their chosen location" according to Rightmove, despite 79% thinking that house prices are on the up over the next 12 months.
Domestic purchasers dominate London’s Midtown market – CBRE
CBRE Residential (Midtown) - or EA Shaw as it used to be known - turned in a bumper end to the year by all accounts, reporting a 26% year-on-year boost in average values and a near-tripling in the total…
Global Live-Work costs spiral 21% since 2009 as world economies “rebalance”
Hong Kong, London, New York and Paris top a new list of the most expensive cities for live-work spaces from Savills, with all four topping the $100,000 per year mark.
Space Planning: Knight Frank goes galactic
Sub-orbital space travel has the right stuff to "radically shift global property markets," says Knight Frank (and Richard Branson) in its soon-to-launch Wealth Report 2014.
Royal Brompton Rejig: RBKC publishes planning guidance
The draft Supplementary Planning Document for 3.5 acres of the Royal Brompton Hospital’s land - potentially the most valuable PCL development opportunity since Chelsea Barracks - has just gone public.
English Rose’s early raid on the warchest
English Rose Estates has gone to town, spending £50m of its £300m warchest in the first two months of the year.