Location: London
Large-scale build-to-rent investment ‘to triple by 2020’ – Knight Frank
"The face of the Private Rented Sector is changing rapidly," says Knight Frank, as large-scale investors go big on the now-established asset class.
Mount Anvil takes home top British Safety awards
Developer Mount Anvil has been awarded the highest Health and Safety audit score ever granted by the British Safety Council - 99.93% and a Five Star rating.
INTERVIEW: Wilben’s Benjamin & William Samuels on why property is in the blood
Twin brothers and super-prime developers had sketched out their business plan by the age of 16
Read it and weep: On the parallel universe of the free property magazine
A lot of free magazines filled with a lot of very premium stuff get stuffed through Alan Page's Kensington letterbox. Who is all this for, he asks, and why do they do it?
The Rise of the TIARAs: Buying agency picks top trends for 2015
Ever heard of TIARAs? Us neither, but apparently they're going to be one of the big trends of next year, according to Jessica Simpson of buying agency Private Property Search...
Ivy Gate makes a move on the USA
James Caan-backed two-and-a-half-year-old West London estate agency Ivy Gate has signed an agreement to open up shop(s) in the United States.
18-month old Purplebricks becomes first online agent to float
Online estate agency Purplebricks - which claims to be the UK's fourth biggest estate agency (most customers) - has confirmed that it will start trading on the Stock Market with a £255m valuation on…
Pidgley: Continued property tax changes may cause unintended consequences
The boss of giant housebuilder Berkeley Group has warned of "unintended consequences" resulting from "continued changes" to property taxation in the UK.
Another slice of Soho to sell with resi development plans
It's being reported that a significant chunk of Berwick Street in Soho is to be sold off-market.
Peter Beckwith's investment juggernaut PMB Holdings has, CoStar.co.
Number of £500k+ stamp duty bills in prime London rockets by 64%
High value property transactions have slumped in the last year, as a major reform of the stamp duty system significantly upped the cost of moving at the £1m+ level.
Strutt & Parker acquires Surrey planning consultancy
Strutt & Parker has bought AKA Planning, an independent planning consultancy based in Leatherhead.
AKA's team of six planners will join Strutt & Parker’s existing development team in Guildford;
PCL price growth sinks to six-year low (but at least viewings are on the up)
Annual price growth in prime central London fell to 0.9% in November, Knight Frank has reported. A monthly decline of 0.3% took the yearly rate down to the lowest it's been since October 2009.