Location: United Kingdom
Countrywide consolidates prime London estate agency branches
Countrywide Plc has shut a long-standing outpost of Faron Sutaria in Chiswick, sending the office's business and staff to neighbouring Countrywide group brand John D Wood.
London house prices to drop 5.6% next year as safe haven status ‘is under threat’
The housing market across the UK "will slow but not plummet" over the next 18 months, predicts the Centre for Economics & Business Research, but London is in for a more harsh adjustment next year;
Where in the UK has the level of home ownership dropped the most?
There rise of renting at the expense of home ownership in London is pretty well documented, but a new report indicates that it's not just a problem for the capital...
Fitzrovia penthouse with roof terrace ‘larger than the average family home’ comes to market
A three-bed penthouse in Fitzrovia with one of London's biggest roof terraces - it's bigger than the average family home - has come up for sale, asking £6.995m.
Sales volumes to stay suppressed for the rest of the year – LSL
LSL Property Services, which owns a whole bunch of UK estate agencies and surveyors, has reported some strong H1 results but reiterated that market conditions are unlikely to improve enough for it to hit…
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.
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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.
Qatari Diar brushes off Chelsea Barracks delay claims
It's been claimed that part of the Chelsea Barracks development project has been delayed amid "uncertainty over the market for luxury homes".
Architects implore government to keep free movement following Brexit
All five professional bodies representing architects across the British Isles have issued a joint statement, after a big powwow in Belfast to discuss the implications of the UK referendum to leave…
Apartment in Knightsbridge’s ‘home of Beatlemania’ hits the market
A three-bed apartment in Whaddon House in Knightsbridge - the same building that Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr lived - has come up for sale asking £3.495m.
Four Serpentine art-meets-architecture summer houses hit the market
Up for sale with specialist agency The Modern House