Location: Midlands
Required Reading: Right to rent and the prime lettings industry
Landlords at the top end are likely to start placing more reliance on their agents for guidance on immigration checks, following the introduction of a controversial pilot scheme earlier this month.
London house prices to rise by 31% over the next five years – CBRE
After peaking this year, the UK's resi market is entering a "sustainable growth phase", according to CBRE, as the firm announces its forecasts for 2015 and beyond.
House price growth has now ‘quietened from the roar’
House prices increased by 10.4% in the year to October, according to the latest batch of ONS data, although seasonally adjusted prices eased up by just 0.1% between September and October.
Grosvenor Crescent tops ‘Most Expensive Streets in England and Wales 2014’
Belgravia's Grosvenor Crescent has been named The Most Expensive Street in England & Wales by Lloyds Bank, with an average house price of £16,918,000.
Grosvenor Crescent
Resi development financiers embrace risk but ‘too many lenders chasing the same deals’
Residential development lenders are "embracing more risk," says Knight Frank, as competition for high returns heats up.
Estate Agency of the Year Awards: Winners
Many awards were dished out at last week's Estate Agency of the Year Awards; here's who won what.
Overall Winner
Pygott & Crone
Best Buying Agency
Gold: Black Brick
Silver: Garrington
Prime London vs Cheshire house price gap at ‘all time high’
Savills has been tracking some interesting price movements in Cheshire, home to some of the highest value housing markets outside the South of England.
Average prices creep up by 0.1% as K&C values tumble – Land Registry
92,492 homes were lodged with the Land Registry in October, with prices ranging from £19m for a house in Holland Park to £12,000 for a place in Burnley, Lancashire.
WhatHouse? Awards: Winners
Some deserving accolades were dished out to some of the prime resi industry's finest at last week's WhatHouse? Awards.
Prime Property of the Week: Stately Progress
Hawkstone Hall, Shropshire
£4.25m
FORECAST: Mansion tax could mean a 10% fall for superprime London next year – Savills
Savills has issued forecasts for two scenarios for the prime market in 2015: one with and one without a mansion tax. It makes quite a difference...
‘Crown Jewel of the Teme Valley’ asks £7m
The extraordinary ancestral home of the Winnington family has just come up for sale in Worcestershire.