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FT: How coronavirus is threatening the UK’s second-home market
Writing for the FT, Liz Rowlinson reports from the UK's holiday home hotspots, where the coronavirus has been heightening tensions between locals and second home owners
Homes from Home: Moreas Madani on life & dealmaking in lockdown
After a month in lockdown, Moreas Madani remains upbeat about the property market
UK’s ‘frozen’ mortgage market begins to thaw
Lenders are raising LTVs, embracing desktop valuations and hunting for business, notes Knight Frank
Yoo Capital raises £200m for UK property fund
'YCFII will enable Yoo Capital to bring further substantial capital to key projects in central London and other major cities', says Yoo Group chairman John Hitchcox
Smallbone owner Lux Group snaps up another top-end London furniture firm
New York super-prime property developer Gary Barnett's Lux Group Holdings has picked up another luxury furniture brand in the UK, acquiring Christopher Peacock (London) Ltd.
Community Infrastructure Levy is ten years old, but Covid-19 is its biggest test
Introduced a decade ago this month, CIL’s inflexibility could prove its downfall if the forthcoming downturn is anything other than a short sharp shock, writes Miles Gibson
A record number of skyscrapers completed in London last year, but fewer are being started
A record number of 60 tall buildings were completed in London in 2019, despite all the Brexit-related uncertainties; that's 140% more than the 25 completed in 2018
The Telegraph: LA’s ‘post-punk landscape architect’ on his dreamiest home swimming pool designs
Kendra Wilson meets California’s 'rising star of landscape architecture', David Godshall
Average property prices dipped in February – UK HPI
London prices climbed by 2.3% over the year to March - the biggest annual increase of any English region.
Virus fallout ‘will put significant pressure on supply chains’ but could quell rising construction costs
"When we come out of this, we may well end up working differently, and many [building] companies where they are able will look to significantly shorten supply lines," says Knight Frank.
‘Safer than a bank’: South American family invests $27m in Manhattan apartment scheme amid coronavirus chaos
Crises always bring opportunities, says representative
St John’s Wood development opp seeks £10m
A knock-down project on St John's Wood's Hamilton Terrace has been offered up for sale at £10m.