Location: United Kingdom
Construction workloads on the up despite skills shortages
Construction workloads rose in Q2 2015 with 44% more respondents to the RICS' regular survey reporting higher activity levels (up from 37% on the previous quarter), driven by office development and private…
Election hammers Countrywide’s profits
Countrywide has posted a big slump in pre-tax profits after a "difficult" H1.
Announcing its results for the year to June, the UK's biggest estate agency said pre-tax profits of £28.9m
Cameron’s ‘Dirty Money’ Shakedown: Prime property industry reactions
David Cameron's vow to crack down on the purchase of UK properties via “anonymous shell companies” grabbed plenty of headlines yesterday. "Lo
Television Centre penthouses to cost £7m each
More details have been emerging about the resi element of Stanhope's £1.5bn transformation of BBC Television Centre.
Foxtons sales revenues tumble
The ambience at Foxtons plc HQ will be a bit different to the ebullience at Rightmove Towers this morning, as the London estate agency reports a chunky 10.9
Another super-prime deal goes down on Avenue Road
A big sale has gone through on leafy Avenue Road in St John's Wood, just a few weeks after a neighbouring mansion changed hands for over £40m.
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‘Walled garden’ voted most wanted outdoor feature
The humble walled garden has trumped every other type of outside feature in a survey of UK homeowners.
The Strutt & Parker poll asked 2000 people to choose their most-wanted outdoor component, and 21.
Planning nod for Canary Wharf’s Herzog & de Meuron resi tower
Tower Hamlets council has green-lighted plans for a "striking" new resi structure in the City.
The Collection LLP boosts property management team
Mayfair-based consultancy The Collection LLP has hired Chloé Tilby as Property Manager.
‘The volume of sales for properties over £1.5m has reached a plateau’
The volume in sales for properties over £1.5m looks set to fall for the first time in two years, according to 44-branch estate agency Jackson-Stops & Staff, despite year-on-year growth 36% from 2012-2014.
North Bank Show: Millbank Tower poised for resi transformation
Plans for an ambitious reimagining of London's iconic Millbank Tower have been unveiled, involving 200 apartments, a 200-room luxury hotel and a public arts and cultural centre.
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Shelling Out: PM pledges action on ‘dirty money’ in UK’s luxury property market
David Cameron has announced a crackdown on the purchase of UK properties via "anonymous shell companies".