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Savills’ latest remote auction raises £40m
The firm has sold £195m of property at auction so far this year - nearly a third more than during the same period in 2019.
Mortgage approvals jump to a 13-year high
August saw the highest monthly tally of mortgage approvals since October 2007. But there have still been around a fifth fewer approvals so far this year compared to the same period in 2019.
‘British house price boom to fizzle out next year’ – Reuters poll
A poll of property pundits a 2% rise for UK property prices this year, before a "flatline" in 2021.
Boutique Earls Court development opp listed at £5m
End-of-terrace building on Nevern Square is currently carved up into bedsits, but has consent for a ten-unit scheme overlooking the communal gardens.
Sustainable Gains: On the future of green buildings
Developers, policymakers and investors are coming round to the idea that green development makes economic sense, says Jojo Romarx Salas...
Savills drastically raises mainstream property price & transaction forecasts
"Previous UK recessions have been associated with house price falls, but 2020 looks set to be the exception," says Savills as it "significantly upgrades" is forecasts for both property prices and transaction…
Market Snapshot: Scotland’s £1m+ market has ‘picked up where it left off’, driven by a country house revival
Edinburgh usually dominates the Scottish prime market, but more rural locations have stepped up since the Spring Coronavirus lockdown was eased.
Vatican linked with another £100m of PCL property deals
Vatican magistrates have been looking into why significant funds were invested into a building on Sloane Avenue in 2014, and new revelations have raised yet more questions for the Secretariat of State...
Earls Court Development Co names new CEO
Lendlease man Rob Heasman has been brought in as Chief Executive of Delancey's Earls Court Development Company, having previously run large-scale London developments in Euston and Elephant & Castle.
Locked-down buyers splash £150m at Lodha’s No.1 Grosvenor Square
Developer reports an 'unprecedented' sales spike at its flagship Mayfair scheme, where two new show apartments have been unveiled and a HNW domestic buyer has set a new price point...
Industry heavyweight Everett joins Offr as head of agency
Irish proptech platform signs up ex-Hamptons country sales boss after completing a £2.7m funding round and claiming ‘the world's first digital property transaction’.
One in eight properties sold above asking price in August
13% of homes went for more than their original asking price last month, according to Propertymark, up from 8% in July and 10% in June.