Location: United Kingdom
£3.5m boost for heritage construction sector
Historic England receives generous pledge from the Hamish Ogston Foundation to address ‘long-standing and severe skills shortage’
Rural rents rise as cities fall – Hamptons
Average rents in the countryside have risen by 5.5% in the last year, reports Hamptons, while city rents have fallen by 5.3%.
Opportunity Knocks? This property type has underperformed all others in 2020
Demand for larger flats has more readily switched to houses in recent months, notes Knight Frank, and some investors may be sensing a buying opportunity...
In Pictures: Lord Ashfield’s Mayfair mansion pitched at £16.5m
Grand South Street townhouse once belonged to the brilliant founder of the London Underground and designer of Churchill’s wartime bunker.
Asking prices dip despite continued home-buying activity
"New sellers appear to be pricing more keenly, to improve their chances of getting a quick sale and beating the March stamp duty deadline," says Rightmove.
Twelve graphs to show why PCL is ready for a comeback
Savills is confident that Prime Central London’s property market will bounce back - as soon as international travel resumes and the streets regain their famous buzz...
The Times: Skyscrapers in London – do we want to reach for the stars?
Written by Jonathan Morrison, this fascinating special report for the Times charts the changing of the capital’s skyline from 1964 - when the 191m Post Office Tower became the first of London’s skyscrapers…
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Behind the Schemes: Touring a super-prime design & build project in Belgravia
London-based studio Oliver Burns talks us through the complex refurbishment of a grand Georgian mansion on behalf of an international client...
‘The new norm’: Buyers compete over £10m St George’s Hill mansion
'Awesome' 13,000 square foot new-build ended up achieving its £9.95m guide, according to agents.
Cyber-attack freezes Hackney’s property market
Hackney Council is unable to process land searches due to a "serious cyber-attack" last month, effectively halting the borough's property market...
Seasonal slowdown begins in London, but activity levels ‘still tracking well above last year’
Whilst down on the previous month, enquiry levels in October were 40% up on last year's levels, reports Chestertons.