Location: United Kingdom
Bumper Q1 for Savills’ development land team
Agency reports selling over £436m worth of land during the first three months of the year
Avanton rejigs senior team & makes new hires
Avanton's co-founder has left the business, but the fast-growing property investor/developer is "taking a long-term position on the enduring value of prime London real estate", eyeing "opportunities to…
Former RIBA president’s practice sued over swimming pool design
Jane Duncan Architects is reported to have admitted that it "fell below the standard of a reasonably competent architect" on a private residential project in Hertfordshire, but is contesting the extent…
Green light for £150m ‘health hub’ on Cavendish Square
Reef Group's 280,000 square foot scheme will turn a grotty underground car park into a four-storey 'oasis' just off Oxford Street
£82bn-worth of resi property deals are in ‘suspended animation’
Zoopla estimates that 50% fewer homes will be sold in 2020 than in 2019... The current rate of deals is about 10% of the usual March tally - a market more akin to late December than Springtime.
Developer reboots residents’ amenities with virtual fitness & wine tasting events
Canary Wharf Group's new build-to-rent arm has "reimagined" its Club Vertus offering for a socially-distanced world, organising virtual wine tastings, a remote quiz, and video gym sessions.
Top architecture firm targeted in cyber attack
ZHA warns design sector to be super-cautious after hacker breaks into its network and demands payment
London’s resi development industry ‘made hay’ during Q1
Latest Molior survey of the capital's new-build scene shows sales and starts were both up significantly pre-lockdown
Muve plans ‘aggressive’ expansion into UK’s £1.75bn conveyancing market
Fledgling law firm defies dire market conditions to complete £1.1m equity funding round
Under offers piled up as the lockdown halted prime London’s property market recovery
Nearly a third (30%) more London homes were marked as "under offer" at the end of March compared to the same time a year ago, according to LonRes data mined buy Coutts bank, as deals piled up under the…
Tenancy renewals jump under lockdown, but ‘there are signs that applicant demand is starting to increase again’
Hamptons and Knight Frank both report big increases in tenancy renewals, but both flag signs of renewed demand for new lettings despite the lockdown.
Off-plan sector facing wave of legal disputes, warns private wealth firm
Developers are already 'exploring their options' over deals where the buyers seem to have gone cold, reports Boodle Hatfield