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Fervent PCL price growth is unsustainable – Cluttons
Cluttons has flagged up a "fervent" pace of growth in the prime central London property market, recording a remarkable annual price hike of 10.2% (a provisional 4% in Q2 alone).
Online-only is a “complete estate agency service” – ASA
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decided that online estate agents do indeed offer a "complete estate agency service" - as claimed by hatched.co.uk but disputed by a high street rival...
Opportunity Knocks: Coutts on residential property investment
How does the Queen's bank assess the current health of the UK's residential property market?
Fall-throughs and backlogs down to market conditions, not a lack of valuers – RICS
RICS has responded to claims that there aren't enough resi property valuers around by saying, actually, there are.
New Centre Point resi plans given the nod
Almacantar and Frogmore's new-look big plans to turn Richard Seifert's Centre Point into resi have been recommended for approval by planners ahead of next week's Camden council committee meeting.
Here and There: Global buying trends in London
In the third part of Savill's World in London report, Paul Tostevin runs through who's buying up London and where they're from;
Riviera Cheek: The Doer Upper does St Tropez
St Tropez is not all glamour, especially if you're a buying agent... Alan Page reports from Notting Hill-on-Sea on what to love and the four types of Riviera buyer.
London’s next major luxury development? Park Crescent West goes for £105m
PCW Property Holding Limited has exchanged on the Grade I listed Nash-designed Park Crescent West on Regent's Park, buying 129,165 sq ft over 2.
Jolly Good Fellow: Top RICS award for Marsh & Parsons chief
Marsh & Parsons CEO, Peter Rollings, has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Number of £500k+ homes coming onto the market surges 20%
One major credit reference agency reckons there's been a deluge of properties worth over £500k hitting the market this year.
Data from from information leviathan Experian points to a whopping 19.
Households go gung-ho for Green Deal
A couple of days ahead of the first official quarterly stats on the Government’s Green Deal scheme, and it's already being touted as a triumph... At least amongst those who've had an assessment done.
The World in London (part two): The key driver of London’s economy
The influx of overseas wealth into the capital continues to be a key driver of London’s economy, says Yolande Barnes in the second part of Savills' World in London report.