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Land Secs launches specialist luxury resi arm with Victoria scheme
Land Securities has announced the launch of a specialist high-end resi division - Residential by Land Securities - with ambitions to become "the luxury residential developer amongst international property…
“A small amount of froth has come off” house price expectations – Knight Frank
Householders still think that their homes' value is on the up for the next year, but "a small amount of froth has come off" price expectations.
All By My Shelf: The interior design non-trend
How can you recreate this year's hottest interior design trend? Start by not following any trends, says Daniel Kostiuc...
Anti-basement bill gets first Commons reading
A bill designed to put the kibosh on willy-nilly subterranean extensions had its first outing in the House of Commons this week.
Bubblin’ Not: Prime London prices to rise 48.5% in five years, but no bubble ahead
Chesterton Humberts has come out with the most punchily positive property predictions for 2014 so far, but there's no bubble in sight next year, the agency proclaims as part of its five-year forecasts,…
Another mutual portal opens up
As everyone knows, there just aren't enough property portals out there.
“Strong first half” for Great Portland Estates
Great Portland Estates plc has had a pretty good first half of the year, according to the company's latest release of numbers.
Forecast Watch 2014: UK, +7%; Prime Outer London, +7%; PCL, +4% – Knight Frank
Knight Frank's take on what will happen to property prices next year falls pretty much in the middle of what everyone else is saying, with property "substantially" out-gunning inflation: +7% for average…
New Head of Design for Morpheus
Developer Morpheus has seriously bolstered its design offering with the appointment of former Candy & Candy project manager Charu Gandhi.
“Use By” date mooted for land banks; 23% of planning permissions are on hold or shelved
Nick Boles has laid out plans to set a time limit on planning permissions to put a stop to developers building up "land banks" of undeveloped schemes.
Royal Brompton Rejig: Architects appointed to draw up plans and “tempt developers”
Paul Davis & Partners has bagged the brief to draw up plans for the epic swathe of Chelsea soon to be offloaded by the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust.
Price Cuts Cut: Volume and level of asking price reductions drop
The number of properties with reduced asking prices has fallen "significantly" over the last couple of years, says Zoopla, from 40% in November 2011 to 31% this month.