Location: United Kingdom
Candy consortium eyes Capco takeover, but Capco moves towards Delancey for Earls Court sale
            Nick Candy is leading a potential bid to buy Capital & Counties Plc, the FTSE 250 owner of Earls Court and Covent Garden.        
    REDD tees up £10m project on Mayfair’s Charles Street
            Monaco & London luxury property developer is promising to deliver 'Mayfair’s finest duplex garden residence' at No.7         
    Knight Frank suffers amid high-end sales slump
            Estate agency reports an 11% drop in pre-tax profits, blaming 'still slowing or constrained residential volumes' in the south east of England         
    Feeble Autumn price bounce as vendors hold back
            Rightmove reports a 13.5% year-on-year drop in new property listings, with October's traditional price bounce coming at just +0.6% - the lowest monthly rise at this time of year since 2008.         
    Hamptons toasts record lettings performance
            Lettings division of Countrywide-owned agency posts best ever third quarter, with year-on-year growth in every month so far this year         
    London prices fall for twelfth month in a row
            The market across England & Wales continues to 'deflate slowly', according to LSL & Acadata         
    London vendors slash prices to secure a buyer before Christmas
            Chestertons recorded a near-60% increase in price reductions across its network in September, which looks to have stirred buyers into action...         
    Friday Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
            A weekly stock check, powered by LonRes         
    Grand St John’s Wood renovation project looks for £10m+ by 8th November
            This whole house on Hamilton Terrace is currently divided into six flats, but has planning permission to return it to a single imposing residence; it's being offered for sale by informal tender         
    ‘Buyers & sellers recalibrate and try to second-guess what’s coming next’
            "Much like the weather over the last month, the property market has become increasingly unpredictable," says national buying agency Garrington in its monthly top-line review of market machinations.
        
    The number of UK property firms in ‘significant financial distress’ has risen by 78% since 2016
            Sector has been 'particularly badly affected' by deteriorating economic conditions, says insolvency firm Begbies Traynor         
    US discharges Mayfair mansion block
            Former US Marine Corps accommodation near Grosvenor Square has lain empty since the American Embassy relocated to Nine Elms, but is now being pitched to owner occupiers, investors and developers...