Location: Midlands
Knight Frank builds central resi development team
Knight Frank has added two newbies to its Central Residential Development team, based in Birmingham, "in direct response to the region’s increasing housebuilding activity".
Confidence boosting prime London markets – CBRE
"London’s credentials as a safe haven for investment remain its greatest asset," says Mark Collins in CBRE's Q3 prime London resi market report as sales volumes lift 7% and prices 1.
Knight Frank makes 120 promotions
Knight Frank has promoted 52 of its staff to Partner level, and another 68 to Associates. New positions come into force on 1st November 2013.
Cotswolds top list of “least affordable” places to live
Country is significantly more pricey than town, according to some new research by Halifax, which concludes that there is "a rural premium in all regions" of the UK after pitching house prices against salaries.
London asking prices rocket by an “unsustainable” 10% in a month
There's "no fear of a price bubble outside London", according to Rightmove's latest House Price Index;
The Lonres Autumn Review: Speed bumps, knee jerks and other schemes
Continuing to bash the London market is a nonsense, says William Carrington...
Regional construction rockets 80% as cranes go up
80% more construction schemes have started in the last 12 months compared to last year, according to Deloitte Real Estate's latest UK Cities Crane Survey.
Prime country house prices rise at fastest rate in over three years
There's more good signs coming out of the prime country market, with Q3 delivering the fastest pace of price growth in over three years according to Knight Frank.
Booming private rental sector needs £200bn investment – Savills
The private rented sector is ballooning, with Savills estimating that, by 2018, 5.7 million in England (one in five households) will be renting in the private sector.
Catchment If You Can: Top junior schools chalk up 53% property premium
Savills has been number-crunching the latest stats from within the UK's prime regional markets and it looks like we've just seen positive growth across the whole of England for the first time in two and…
Agents’ Mutual to launch next year (ahead of schedule) as over 1,000 offices sign-up
Agents' Mutual, the unnamed estate agency-owned property portal that aims to take down the Rightmove/Zoopla duopoly, has hit its golden number of signed-up offices, and can now "move forward to implementation…
Tenants’ Charter offers longer lets, but is it needed?
Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, has set about revolutionising the lettings industry by making longer tenancies the norm, although Savills has come out to argue that there's just no need for more…