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UK leads the way as PropTech investment ‘reaches critical mass’
"The PropTech movement is reaching a critical mass," says Professor Baum of Oxford Saïd Business School. "Regulatory roadblocks remain, but the first companies to overcome them will reap huge rewards.
Mandatory New Homes Ombudsman to police ‘rogue’ developers
All housebuilders will need to sign-up to Robert Jenrick's New Homes Ombudsman scheme.
Ranked: 2019’s best & worst performing areas for house price inflation
North Devon and southern Wales saw the highest rates of property price inflation last year, while London boroughs saw the sharpest falls.
The Times: Wealthy Tories are not as averse to a mansion tax as some may think
Wealthy residents of three Tory constituencies are already choosing to pay a mansion tax in all but name, argues the Times' economics editor Philip Aldrick...
Countrywide & LSL confirm plot for property industry mega-merger
LSL and Countrywide - which operate around 1,000 estate agency branches between them, including Marsh & Parsons, Hamptons and John D Wood - are reported to be in "serious" discussions about merging
Best bids and attended exchanges on the rise in PCL, reports agency
Buyers’ and sellers’ confidence and optimism is 'back with a bang', according to Chestertons
Symm joinery chief joins Harrison Varma
Harrison Varma Joinery has recruited Martin Williams as Director, after heritage building firm Symm went into administration.
Green light for Grosvenor’s Bermondsey biscuity factory build-to-rent scheme
City Hall has granted planning permission for one of London's biggest build-to-rent developments; the former Peek Frean biscuit factory site in Bermondsey will deliver over 1,500 new rental homes.
The billion-pound building boom that could transform Oxford Street back into a prime resi address
Nine new residential developments are changing the face of Europe's busiest shopping street; Oxford Street “will become one of Prime Central London’s most sought-after residential addresses” over the n…
BREEAM Awards 2020: The Shortlist
Central London schemes feature in annual awards programme showcasing 'the best in international construction sustainability'
RBKC approves change of use for Chelsea HMO
Redevelopment of 10-11 Foulis Terrace will deliver 28 studio apartments
The Times: Jamie Reuben on Cambridge House, Mayfair, and the legacy of the Reuben brothers
The Times Magazine bags a rare interview with the scion of one of the country’s wealthiest families