Lex in depth: The false promise of a UK house building boom (FT)
What if a lack of houses is not the real problem, asks the FT's Jonathan Eley in an in-depth feature.
Is this the last property boom? Economists predict ‘the death of house price cycles’
Property markets are surging around the world. But "there are good reasons to think this will mark the last house price boom for the next 30 years," says Capital Economics.
Industry Reactions: How might the Tory foreign buyer tax affect the UK property market?
Top prime resi experts and business leaders weigh in on what Theresa May's plan for an additional SDLT levy on non-UK buyers might mean for the property sector
IMF creates an ‘early warning system’ to predict the next house price crash
The International Monetary Fund's House Prices at Risk tool is designed to flag property markets at risk of significant price drops at least a year before the market turns
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Ranked: The ten ‘most prominent’ estate agency brands in Britain
One prime estate agency has listed properties for sale in more than half of the nation's postcodes in the last six months, significantly out-covering any other brick-and-mortar firm.
Strutt & Parker hires PCL specialist from Savills
Charles Medina has moved from Savills to become a Director at Strutt & Parker in Mayfair and Marylebone.
Dexters buys Marsh & Parsons for £29mn
Another major acquisition creates London's biggest estate agency network.
‘We have always wanted to create the best independent, boutique agency in PCL’: PrimeResi meets Alex Bourne & Richard Douglas of London House
'We have broken records in almost every part of Prime Central London over the last few months'
Gove accelerates reform of ‘feudal’ leasehold system
Housing secretary Michael Gove is bringing forward plans to reform England's "outdated" leasehold system
Ex-Sotheby’s & Carter Jonas man launches buying agency
Jason Corbett's independent outfit, Rowallan Buying Agents, will focus on SW London and the Home Counties
In Pictures: Inside a £12.75mn ‘spectacle of a show apartment’ at West End Gate
A.London completes 4,664 sq ft penthouse project at latest Berkeley scheme in W2
Accouter achieves B Corp status
AGC is the the first British interior design collective to raise its social credentials with B Corp accreditation, joining the likes of Patagonia, The Modern House and The Portman Estate.
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Luxury property developer REDD has launched its latest project: a turnkey duplex apartment on Charles Street, featuring interiors by Taylor Howes and a selection of best-of-British craft and design suppliers
Buying agency flags the property market’s top ten ‘recession-proof strongholds’
Prime London postcodes and top-tier university cities 'are the most likely to escape relatively unscathed' from the property market downturn, says Garrington.
Why househunting in London is getting harder
Buying agency flags surge in off-market selling and an increasingly fragmented industry as key challenges for affluent purchasers
Rare seven-house development opp in Putney offered for £7mn
The Putney Animal Hospital site, which has planning consent for seven new-build houses, is being pitched at £7mn.
Unfinished super-prime project takes a hefty price cut
Shell-and-core mansion just off Billionaires' Row is now guided at £5.5mn-£6mn