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‘All of the key buyer metrics are [now] ahead of early 2020’ – Rightmove
Asking prices, buyer enquiries and agreed sales all picked up last month, but far fewer properties are coming to market compared to last year.
Cash deals dwindle as smaller landlords tempted to invest
Average rents in the South East have climbed by 10% in the last year, reports Hamptons - while rents in Central London have fallen by 16%.
Avanton embarks on £500m London land buying spree
Property developer Avanton has amassed a £500m fund for "strategic land acquisitions" over the next three years, focused on build-to-rent projects in the capital.
Why global investors are hungry for PCL assets right now
Knight Frank’s Guy Stebbings, whose team has exchanged on well over a billion pounds worth of deals in the last six months, explains why activity levels in the resi investment market are running at…
‘There are still buyers aggressively looking for homes that offer value and quality‘
NW London agency reports snappy asking price deal in Maida Vale as new data shows a big jump in the number of buyers committing after the first viewing.
Chestertons becomes first major agency to go carbon neutral
31-branch London-based operator has just been certified as Net Zero Carbon and is on a quest to become ‘the country’s greenest estate agency’.
In Pictures: Irish super-home shoots for €10m
Contemporary mega-mansion overlooking Killiney Bay has Hollywood connections.
Propertymark Chair Finney steps down after only six months
Kirsty Finney has stepped down as President of NAEA Propertymark, half-way through a year-long term.
Telegraph: ‘Stamp duty holiday could be extended by six weeks’
The Telegraph has reported an unnamed Treasury source as saying that the Chancellor is considering a short extension to the Stamp Duty holiday.
Weekly Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
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Keeping Up Appearances: An architect’s guide to façade retention projects
With two significant retained-façade projects currently under construction in London, MSMR's James Bell explains the history of façadism and practical considerations for developers of today’s methods...
Strutt & Parker revises property price forecasts, swinging PCL to positive growth this year
Strutt & Parker is now predicting that PCL prices will rise by up to 5% this year, having previously anticipated a drop of up to 5%...