Location: South East
House price growth ‘runs out of steam’ – RICS
Residential property price inflation stumbled in July to its lowest ebb in three years, and surveyors' near-time expectations have taken a gloomy turn, says the Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors.
Learning Potential: Edinburgh, Bristol & Brighton named UK’s ‘most lucrative’ University cities
Edinburgh offers the best prospects in the UK for those looking to invest in student accommodation, according to new research by Chestertons.
Prime rents dip in the Home Counties as stock levels rise
Prime rents across the Home Counties are now 0.8% lower than they were a year ago, after dropping by 0.
Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, dies aged 64
Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor (1951 - 2016)
Hill hires Savills man to lead major acquisition drive
Housebuilder Hill has appointed a well-known name as Head of Strategic Land as it looks to expand into new territories.
New home registrations at highest level since the crash (but what’s going on in London?)
A total of 41,222 new homes were registered by the National House Building Council throughout the UK in Q2, an uptick of 1% on the same period last year.
Buyer snaps up Grade I country mansion at knockdown price
An important country house in Berkshire has been snapped up at auction for just over £2m, a fraction of what it was asking on the open market last year.
Four Serpentine art-meets-architecture summer houses hit the market
Up for sale with specialist agency The Modern House
As The Romans Did: Why have Britain’s first towns outperformed the UK average by 80%?
Originally built over 2,000 years ago, Britain's first towns have clearly still got it.
‘Around one quarter’ of Countrywide’s network to offer hybrid services this year
Surprisingly strong half yearly report
Smoked Out: Understanding the Londoners that leave the capital
More Londoners are moving out of the capital than ever before, with ONS stats analysed by ResiAnalytics for Humberts revealing that over 280,000 people left London in 2015;
Stacks becomes first RICS-accredited independent buying agency
Firm set up some 32 years ago and HQ-ed in Gloucestershire