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Bank of England nudges interest rates up to 0.75%
The BoE's Monetary Policy Committee has raised the base rate of interest by 0.25%, to the highest level since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Battersea Power Station COO moves on
Scott Grant is taking over from Ian Feast as operations chief at the huge central London regeneration project.
Prime London sales running well above pre-pandemic levels, but ‘realism needed on pricing’ as time to sell slows
The breakneck pace of early 2021 has not been matched, but last month's deal volumes were still up by nearly a third on February 2019;
‘This is the worst planning environment we’ve had to face in a generation’
A "toxic combination of factors" has created the "worst planning environment in a generation", says Aston Mead boss Adam Hesse, as local authority plans are delayed yet again...
In Pictures: Historic moated mansion in Essex heads to market at £6.5mn
Once owned by Catherine Parr's grandfather, Stanstead Hall is "a perfect example of a moated Grade II listed country house", says selling agency Savills.
New Royal Academy of Dance HQ opens at Avanton’s £260mn scheme in Battersea
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall cuts the ribbon on ‘a new dance destination for London’, delivered as part of the developer’s flagship Coda project
All change at King’s Cross as final apartments go on sale
14 years on from the birth of the King's Cross Central Limited Partnership, the last private resi building in the ambitious £3bn masterplan has been unveiled
Activist shareholder tells Foxtons to ‘sell itself’
Stakeholder accuses London estate agency of underperforming, suggesting "the better path for Foxtons is to pursue a formal process to sell itself."
Savills recruits Marsh & Parsons’ Baskerville to head up sales in Maida Vale & Little Venice
George Baskerville led high-profile operations in Holland Park and North Ken for his former agency
R&F offloads Vauxhall Square to Far East Consortium
China-based property developer sells huge Nine Elms development at a massive loss.
Ultra-wealthy US buyers step up search for UK trophy homes
'This level of interest is something we haven’t ever seen before', reports Savills London Private Office
UK sanctions more Russia-linked billionaires
Another batch of billionaires and alleged Putin-allies have been sanctioned by the UK - including the owner of one of north London's most impressive restoration projects.