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Covid driving 10% premium for private front doors, says Mayfair agency
Wetherell reports resurgence in demand for properties with their own access.
Chinese mega-developer slashes all prices by 30%, potentially sparking a property price war
China Evergrande is cutting prices at all its mainland schemes by nearly a third as it tries to boost sales figures.
Bruce in talks to raise ‘tens of millions of pounds’ for Boomin
The Purplebricks co-founder has reportedly received 'significant inbound interest' in funding his new venture.
Historic Hampshire estate seeks £18m+
Jane Austen was a frequent visitor to Ashe Park, which is now on the market via Savills.
London could be given ‘partial exemption’ from new planning rules
The Prime Minister has suggested that the capital could be offered a "carve-out" from some new Permitted Development Rights.
KWUK recruits Knight Frank marketing chief
Simon Leadbetter - formerly Knight Frank's Group Head of Marketing, Communications & Digital and Countrywide's Group Marketing Director - has joined Keller Williams UK.
Berkeley upbeat in post-lockdown trading update
In the first update since the passing of its influential founder and chairman, Tony Pidgley, the housebuilder has reported 'robust' sales pricing, with efficiency levels back up at around 90% of normal;
Guinness picks Ballymore for Dublin brewery site transformation
Diageo has signed up Sean Mulryan's Ballymore to develop the historic St James’s Gate Guinness brewery site, with an ambition to create a zero-carbon "visionary neighbourhood for living, entrepreneurship,…
‘The time to act is now’: On environmental change & the built environment
Climate change is bound to have a powerful effect on the property market in the coming years, writes James Horgan, and for investors, owners and private buyers, the time to act is now...
Speedy home-sales pick up as Stamp Duty holiday boosts the market
One in seven homes listed since the Stamp Duty holiday was announced in July sold within a week, says Rightmove, up from one in ten during the same time last year.
Offers accepted hit an all-time high in London during August
Another report on the post-lockdown Summer buying flurry, as Knight Frank reports "few signs of the high levels of demand we’re been experiencing since the market reopened abating."
More change at Propertymark as Chair Hamer stands down
Propertymark's Executive Chairman Christopher Hamer is following bosses of the NAEA and ARLA out the door.