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Budget 2015: ‘The sun is starting to shine and we are fixing the roof’
May's looking like a bit of an electoral stalemate according to most of the pollsters, so today's Budget was a splendid chance for the Chancellor to try to put some clear water between the Tories and…
#Budget2015: The prime property industry’s reactions
No surprises in today's pre-election Budget, and not much new that directly affects the top of the market, but there are still some things to have opinions about...
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Vendors now ‘more open to negotiation’ than at any time over the last six years
There's plenty of clients out there, and some deals to be had, reports Mayfair-based buying agency Black Brick, but most of the action has predictably been below £2m...
Budget 2015: Crib Sheet
In his sixth budget, 50 days before the general election, George Osborne's focus was unsurprisingly on economic stability, continuing to reduce the deficit and moving towards a Britain built on savings…
Tall Storeys: Big spike in London high-rise construction
New stats have shown there are currently 263 buildings over 20 storeys either proposed, approved or under construction within Greater London, up from 236 at the same point last year.
Prime Purchase revs up in the ‘M40 Wealth Corridor’
Buying agency Prime Purchase has hired a former Strutt & Parker Partner to boost its footprint in the "M40 wealth corridor".
Candy told to cough up over Sugar Quay
CPC Group and Barratts' Sugar Quay scheme got no sweet treatment from planners over a S106 dispute: The Corporation of London has stuck to its guns, demanding a full £15m in affordable housing contribution.
RBKC builds planning enforcement team for developer crackdown
The Royal Borough has warned property developers that they "are being closely scrutinised," after it recruited a third more planning enforcement officers to crack down on errant works.
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ campus-to-resi opportunity comes to market in Glasgow
"The largest and most eagerly anticipated development opportunity in Scotland this year" has come up in the heart of Glasgow’s affluent west end.
By Georgian: Developer to restore ‘finest eighteenth century street in the Midlands’
A developer has embarked on a project to restore an entire Grade II/II* listed Georgian street in the centre of Warwick.
Please Mr Osborne: An estate agency’s Budget wishlist
Although the UK now has one of the fastest growing economies in the developed world, London-based estate agency Chestertons thinks that the Chancellor still has an embarrassingly large budget deficit…
Heaton expands in London with new partner and a Walton St office
Buying agency Heaton & Partners is continuing its march on prime London, recruiting a new partner and opening an office in SW3.