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Budget2014: Reactions
There's a definite sense of anti-climax around these parts, even though no-one was expecting much to start with. Here's what the prime resi community thinks of today's Budget announcements...
Sisk appointed on new Alchemi scheme
Alchemi Group has hired construction firm John Sisk & Son to build its latest resi project in Victoria.
March of the Oligarchs? The buying agent’s view
Yes there has been a boost in enquiries from Russia and Ukraine lately, but nothing like the increase in the number of British buyers, says Edo Mapelli Mozzi...
Savills' World in London Report 2013
Agents’ Mutual ready to “resource up” as 97% of members pay their dues
Agents' Mutual's Gold membership funding "has been a success," trumpets the challenger property portal;
Noughts and Crossings: Will four new bridges change the look of London’s property market?
From Teddington Lock to the open sea at Dartford, the River Thames is criss-crossed by 34 bridges. In future years, four new bridges are planned for London (seven for the Thames in total).
Peer-to-peer lender launches tranched mortgages
LendInvest, the peer-to-peer mortgage lending platform, has announced that it has completed a "world-first" tranched peer-to-peer mortgage.
The loan was for £365, 250 against a property in Croydon.
Battersea Power Station design chief warns against bland developments
Britain's cities are "on a collision course to be overrun with bland, homogenous developments,” warns Battersea Power Station's Head of Design and Placemaking in a new book on urban development around…
Canary Wharf Estate’s first resi buildings get the nod
The first dedicated residential development on the Canary Wharf Estate has been given the nod by Tower Hamlets' Strategic Finance Committee.
Grosvenor overtakes Eaton & Cadogan to become London’s most valuable square
The formerly flag-heavy Grosvenor Square in Mayfair has been named as the capital's most valuable residential square.
Housing to take centre stage in Budget2014
Housing, it seems, will take centre-stage on Wednesday; Chancellor Osborne's announcement of a new Garden City at Ebbsfleet in Kent comes just days before his pre-Election Budget.
The best places to live in Britain are…
Skipton in North Yorkshire, Newnham in Cambridge, Monmouth in Wales and Falmouth in Cornwall have been named as "The Best Places to Live" in Britain by The Sunday Times.
Property supply eases as vendors come to market
"There’s a spring in the step of the housing market" as "the country gets moving" trumpets Rightmove on publishing its latest asking price index.