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‘Open equity investment platform’ backs nu:group’s Fulham scheme in 24-hour fundraise
            Cogress, an "open equity investment platform for property", has pulled off a £1.35m fundraise within 24 hours to back a high-end four-townhouse scheme in Fulham.
        
    New resi JV premieres with £40m Hayes waterside scheme
            A new residential development joint venture has launched with plans to build a £40m Rolfe Judd-designed waterside apartments scheme in Hayes (near the new Crossrail station), and there are "more projects…        
    Important Astell Street house asks £8.5m
            A Chelsea pile with links to the early feminist movement has come up for sale at £8.5m.
        
    Why a year of no growth would be better for the market
            LonRes Chairman William Carrington cautions against the expectation of a resumption of price rises...
        
    Agents gloomy on prime London prospects as demand wanes
            The latest survey of agents by LonRes has painted a "fairly gloomy" picture of the prime London market.
        
    ‘A muted start to the year’ as prices edge up in prime central London
            It's "a muted start to the year" says Knight Frank, echoing recent sentiments from LonRes, as property prices in prime central London rose by 0.1% in January, edging annual growth up to 1.2%.
        
    Knight Frank New Homes boosts London team
            Knight Frank's burgeoning New Homes operation has added another name to the teamsheet in London, with the hire of former Chestertons and Currell man Christopher Jones.
        
    Gulf-based buyers ‘piling in’ to UK property market
            Buyers from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are "piling in" to the British property market to beat the stamp duty surcharge, according to top-end mortgage broker deVere.
        
    Will 2016 be ‘the year of the owner-occupier’?
            We're still only a month in, but Jackson-Stops & Staff has already come up with a few resi development trends for 2016. Here's a quick overview...
	Developers spread their wings
        
    TfL names 13 property partners for its major resi development programme
            Transport for London (TfL) has named 13 property development companies and consortiums to a development framework which will see resi and commercial re-inventions of some of the capital's most wanted locations.
        
    London ‘remains attractive’ to investors; trophy home buyers, not so much
            Despite the Chancellor’s best attempts to slow the market, demand for privately rented accommodation in the capital is holding, says Black Brick's Camilla Dell.        
    Thames Banking: Exploring London’s riverfront price premium
            Resale flats within 100 metres of the Thames on the 27-mile stretch between Teddington Lock and the Royal Docks show an average price premium of 13.