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Complaints about estate agents fall, despite rising transactions
1,872 complaint enquiries were received by the Property Redress Scheme last year, a 2.4% drop compared to 1,828 in 2020. 609 complaints were accepted by the PRS, down 4.7% from 639 in 2020.
City of London names new planning chief
Shravan Joshi will now lead on all planning issues affecting the Square Mile
Talking Heads: What’s happening in the prime property market right now, according to top buying agents
Where is all the stock; what will happen to prices; and which areas are buyers flocking to right now?
Savills opens tenth SW London office
Savills' new Teddington High Street outpost covers Teddington, Hampton, Hampton Wick, Strawberry Hill and Twickenham.
Contemporary country house development secures £3.9mn loan
Luxury property financier CapitalRise has stepped in to provide a development loan for a high-spec barn-style family home project in Hampshire's South Downs.
International execs returning to PCL, reports agency
Corporate relocation searches were up by 150% in Q1, according to Winkworth, in a 'positive sign' for the sales market
‘Weary’ buy-to-let sector sees lending drop 8%
The buy-to-let sector is "a tad weary," says the boss of property lender Octane Capital, as a result of what he calls a "war waged on the nation’s landlords" since 2015.
Damac Group to spend ‘up to $100mn’ on metaverse push
UAE-based parent group of luxury property developer Damac wants to build its own digital cities
Buying agency bags ‘best-in-class’ Battersea Power Station apartment
Black Brick’s buyer was originally in the market for a £5mn house in Knightsbridge and Chelsea, but set their sights on a duplex in the historic power station asking over £6mn…
Property Vision expands London team with two new hires
Top-flight buying agency bolsters London property search team with hires from interior design house Taylor Howes and Knight Frank.
The Country House Department recruits Knight Frank’s Loweth as Regional Director
Knight Frank's Hungerford office head has moved to two-year-old estate agency, The Country House Department.
Developers scale-back tall building projects in London
The number of planning applications to build skyscrapers in London has dropped by more than 13% in the last year, according to the ninth annual London Tall Buildings Survey by New London Architecture and…