Location: United Kingdom
Average asking prices reach another record high
Three regions have seen asking prices climb by more than 10% in the last year-or-so, says Rightmove, while Greater London has seen prices flatline.
Five years on: How 2016’s tax changes have shrunk the buy-to-let market
“The tax changes introduced from 2016 onwards have undoubtedly taken the heat out of the buy-to-let market," argues Hamptons' research chief Aneisha Beveridge.
Significant Bayswater hotel with resi development consent offered for £29.5m
35-39 Leinster Gardens - formerly the Holiday Villa Hotel - has been put on the market at £29.5 million, with planning permission in place for a conversion to either residential or serviced apartments.
Mount Anvil rethinks the traditional marketing suite with one-stop ‘customer experience’
The London developer is looking to 'break the mould of the traditional customer journey' with the new facility at its Barbican HQ.
GBI chief: ‘The property sector is overwhelmingly a force for good’
In an impassioned defence of the property industry, James Raynor calls on the Government to ‘recognise that real estate is central to its plans for recovery, decarbonisation and levelling up’ as lockdown…
AML warning for letting agents as HMRC deadline looms
‘The ramifications of not being prepared or compliant are serious and could result in an onerous fine or even worse the long-term reputational damage of a business,’ says AML specialist.
‘Welsh Versailles’ goes for under £1m
The Grade I listed Kinmel Hall was once one of the great houses of Wales.
Resi projects lead architecture sector recovery
"The savage reduction in staffing levels that many feared at the start of the pandemic has not materialised", says the RIBA, as architecture firms remain upbeat about prospects.
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Ex-JLL agents team up to launch specialist new-build agency
West London-based Grange London has been set up by industry veterans Ben Stroud and Mez Callender.
Austrian buyer lands historic pile in south east London
Rush Grove House is believed to be only one of a handful of private residences in the capital with its own boating and fishing lake.
Market sentiment has moved from one of cautious optimism to outright positivity – Strutt & Parker
'To think that this activity continues in the midst of a global pandemic is completely astounding', says the national agency, retaining its previous prediction of 5% best-case scenario growth in 2021.