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Are we seeing the return of a more balanced market?
Demand has sprung back since the pandemic as people have reassessed how and where they live, but supply is now also getting stronger, writes Tom Bill...
Ranked: Britain’s most expensive seaside towns
Salcombe tops this year's list, with an average property price of over £950k. The average house price in a British seaside town has jumped by 10% over the past 12 months...
Knight Frank boosts Sports Desk & Richmond lettings team
Hannah Beck will now be running KF’s lettings operation in Richmond, while Ryan Stokes has joined the agency’s specialist service for pro sports players.
Monaco new-builds ‘could cost €100k per square metre’
The 125 homes emerging from the sea as part of the €2bn Mareterra development could smash a few records when finally released.
Banda’s former design chief joins RedBook
Barak Alberro has joined Redbook as Projects Director, marking the consultancy's third major hire in the last six months.
Rightmove’s tech chief reveals ‘big plans for transformation’
“In two or three years’ time, I’d like us to be known not only as ‘the place I found my property’, but also ‘the place that helped me move in’, which is quite a big shift,” says Rightmove's Chief…
Hawaii named top destination for world’s luxury homebuyers
Survey of elite buyers by Leading RE’s luxury division found one in five were interested in buying in the tropical Aloha State, where inventory has now dropped to ‘record lows’
Residents rate build-to-rent more highly than build-to-sell developments
The average "star rating" for a building on reviews platform HomeViews in 2020 were 4.39 out of 5 for Build-to-Rent residents and 4.
Tedworth recruits new lettings head from Strutt & Parker
Sabaya Verger has joined Simon Tollit and Christian Warman’s boutique agency after seven years at Strutts, specialising in the prime and super-prime market.
Ireland imposes 10% property investor tax
"The introduction of the higher stamp duty rate of 10% for the bulk purchase of houses is designed to dissuade the practice whereby institutional investors buy up homes that are close to completion, or…
How to maximise the value of a resi development: An architect’s guide to space planning
In prime and super-prime locations, every inch of saleable floor space matters.
In Pictures: London’s best new home extension
"A House Recast" by Studio Ben Allen has been named overall winner of this year's Don't Move, Improve! award for London's best-designed new home extension.