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OnTheMarket queries Zoopla’s performance
Yesterday, Zoopla Property Group reported that it had clawed a few agents back from OnTheMarket in a return to “more normal historic levels” of agent churn.
PCL’s property market is fragmenting as the top-end collapses – LCP
"The brakes are firmly on at the more expensive end" of the prime central London property market, says Naomi Heaton of London Central Portfolio, as the fast and slow lanes diverge.
60% of London surveyors believe local property is ‘overpriced to some extent’
Buyer demand is continuing to rise while supply conditions "continue to tighten," says the RICS in its July Residential Market Survey.
True Romance: Inside the £20m Somerset heartbreaker
Described as "England's most romantic estate", the achingly beautiful Compton Castle has reportedly just changed hands for around £20m, which would also make it the most expensive property ever sold…
Heronslea draws on Mayfair luxe for ‘super-suburb’ scheme
Hertfordshire developer Heronslea Group is hoping to up the luxury stakes in deepest north London with its latest project.
London gears up for £100m short let boom as super-rich descend for the summer
An estimated £50-£100m will be spent on short let serviced apartments in prime central London over the next few weeks, as some of the world's wealthiest descent on the capital for their annual sojourn.
Half as many people are moving home now compared to 2007
Around 155,000 people moved home in the first half of this year, says Lloyds Bank; that's 9% fewer than in the same period last year, and less than half the number that moved in 2007's boom-time (327,600).
Pizza peer selling Mayfair block for £80m?
A prime slice of South Audley Street is reportedly being sold off for a cool £80m.
Conservation Area Checklist: How to work out if a building ‘makes a positive contribution’
It's one of the key phrases in planning speak, but how do councils decide whether or not a property makes a "positive contribution to the historic and architectural character of a conservation area"?
Development land values dip as buyers get pickier
The value of the UK's greenfield development land has fallen to levels last seen in August 2013, according to Knight Frank.
Cambridge trounces Oxford to top university property league
Sambucas will soon be lit up and down the country in an age-old ceremony to mark the start of the new academic year, but which university towns and cities have been on fire in real estate terms?
‘Remarkable’ summer for high-end Yorkshire agent
A prime-focused agency in York has reported a "remarkable" few months, after agreeing £17m worth of deals at an average of £1.9m a pop.