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‘Drastic changes’ needed ‘to fix Britain’s broken housing market’ – NAEA & ARLA
"The news is bleak" says the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) as it forecasts that home ownership will fall by 7% in the coming decade…
Spink inks funding deal for new Knightsbridge project
Topland is making good on its promise to keep lending on London's prime resi projects.
‘Signs of recovery are looking good’ as applicant numbers surge – D&G
London's sales and lettings markets are beginning to look healthier, says Douglas & Gordon, as the firm reports that its sales applicant numbers are 50% up on last year's levels, and that it has seen…
Three predictions for the mortgage market in 2016
Most of the big estate agents have had their say on what's in the tea leaves for 2016, but here's how independent broker Private Finance sees the UK mortgage market panning out over the next twelve…
Has this man just come up with a way to ease the housing crisis?
Despite sitting on a giant war chest of institutional investment, the Build to Rent sector is finding it practically impossible to acquire suitable sites at the moment.
Sellar Group puts in Paddington mega-plans
After floating the idea in October, Sellar Property Group has submitted the actual plans for its 31 London Street scheme (now rebranded as Paddington Place).
Topland backs £30m project in Mayfair
Sol Zakay's Topland Group has stumped up £12m in acquisition and development finance to an overseas-based HNWI planning a super-prime resi development in Mayfair.
Weston Homes’ profits surge 116% as it steps out of the prime market
Housebuilder Weston Homes has announced that its turnover and pre-tax profits reached a ten-year high, with profits jumping by 116% in the last 12 months.
Turnover stands at £138.
Buy-to-let SDLT surcharge ‘equivalent to 11 months income’ for landlords
The new 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes and buy-to-lets "would be the equivalent to 11 months income for the average mortgaged landlord" says Countrywide Plc.
Well Healed: West End schemes launch world’s first ‘health concierge’
Qube Leasehold Property Management, which looks after both Fitzroy Place in Fitzrovia and The Chilterns in Marylebone, has signed a deal with The Health Concierge in what's being billed as a resi world-first.
(Empty) Miami Beach plot goes for £25m
One of the last undeveloped plots on Miami Beach has just been sold for an incredible $38.5m (£25.3m).
At A Glance: How the micro-markets of London have performed this year
This handy top-line comparison of the capital's key neighbourhoods deserves to be made into some kind of poster.