Location: London
Weakness in PCL demand ‘to continue until at least September’
Six weeks on from the election and the capital's supply and demand levels remain way off-kilter, according to these reports from buying agents on the prime front line...
Grand Registry: The top 50 recorded deals of 2015 so far
Not every property sale gets recorded by the Land Registry - far from it in fact - but of the top fifty most expensive deals that have been lodged so far this year (January to April), only four were ou…
University Challenge: £400m Ardent Portfolio hits the market
A £400m portfolio of student digs across 12 UK University cities is being offloaded by The International Mutual Fund.
LonRes unveils brand new look
Data platform LonRes has revealed a top-to-toe rebrand this morning.
Berkeley closes in on £180m ‘Gateway to central London’ site
Tony Pidgley's Berkeley Group is said to be closing in on a deal to acquire the 2.7-acre West End Green site on Edgware Road
Knight Frank Finance strengthens Development team
Knight Frank Finance has made two key hires as it looks to boost the range of funding offered to developers.
Hot or Not: World cities ranked by real estate investment giant
Which of the world's major real estate markets are currently worth investing in, or merely poking at with the other end of a barge pole?
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Rent Rage: The secrets of an unhappy landlord-tenant relationship
High-end London lettings agency EJ Harris has trawled through its archive of client-tenant paperwork to draw up a list of things that are most likely to cause friction between landlords and tenants in c…
‘Ground-breaking’ Savills & China Minsheng JV sets sights on prime London
More details have been emerging about the new joint venture between Savills Investment Management (formerly Cordea Savills) and China’s first national-level private investment company.
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Post-election estate agent hype ‘was perhaps overzealous’ – D&G
"Post-election, the jury is out on sales," says London estate agency Douglas & Gordon, "but we can conclude that estate agent hype was perhaps overzealous
Knightsbridge agency reports 30 potential buyers for every £2m+ property
We knew stock levels were low, but one firm in Knightsbridge has reported fielding 30 buyers for every property it's listed above £2m since the Election.
UK construction industry needs to find another 1,000,000 workers by 2020 – EC Harris
Consultancy firm EC Harris has slammed the UK's tackling of the current housing crisis, arguing that we should be focusing on access to labour and money, rather than planning and land availability.