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INTERVIEW: Lulu Egerton of Strutt & Parker on why the resi profession needs an exam
A leading light of the capital's prime resi industry for over three decades, Strutt & Parker's Lulu Egerton talks candidly about motivation, meaningful international reach and why everyone in resi…
Prime Property of the Week: Magic Barts
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West London to see slowest price growth in Britain over the next five years
Average house prices are in for a 30% increase over the next five years, with London (not PCL, mind;
‘Punitive’ Scottish property tax overhaul creates ‘window of opportunity’
It looks like Scotland will get a new progressive tax regime to replace the existing SDLT structure from April next year, and the changes have created a "six month window of opportunity" at the middle…
Green Figures: Investment in public realm can ‘double’ average values
Investing in good quality landscape design should be the first thing developers consider when planning a scheme, the Landscape Institute has said in the wake of a new study into the UK's housebuilding…
The return of the buyers’ market?
Both the £10m+ segment and out-of-prime areas are now vulnerable to price drops, says buying agent Camilla Dell, as the whole London market changes gear in favour buyers in the run up to May.
Five years and £350m up for The Collection LLP
A property search consultancy set up by former Black Brick Associate Partner Caroline Takla has been celebrating hitting the £350m mark after five years in business.
‘Return to more sensible prices’ as ‘steam evaporates’ from the UK market
The pace of property price growth across the UK has regressed 16 months back to June 2013 levels, says the RICS, as demand drops for the third month in a row.
Chinese buyers are ‘increasingly more daring with their real estate investments’
Chinese buyers are looking to less traditional international property destination as "many housing markets around the world are now considered overvalued," says super-portal Juwai.
The Definitive House Price Index? Consultation opens into merging official indices into one
The Office of National Statistics is thinking about rolling four different national house price indices - including the Land Registry's and the ONS' own - into "a single definitive House Price Index,"…
Qatari Diar makes headway on US Embassy scheme
US Embassy developer Qatari Diar has reported reaching a key 'milestone' in its plan to transform the iconic building on Grosvenor Square.
The East leads prime London’s rental growth
London's prime rents have increased by 1.4% year-on-year, says Savills, with particularly strong demand for one- and two-bed flats driving the market in the last three months.