Location: United Kingdom
‘Buyer affordability is on the rise at the fastest rate in nearly eight years’ – Rightmove
The UK's average asking price tickled up by just 0.2% in the last year, reports Rightmove, with three out of four Southern regions seeing negative growth.
Cluttons loses research chief to Knight Frank
Faisal Durrani moves on after over eight years with Cluttons
Taxing the profit made by selling a primary residence makes sense
"This will be hugely politically unpopular, until it becomes obvious that the housing market is entrenching intergenerational inequality and ossifying the economy"
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Grand former school site in Bristol offered with full planning for a prime resi development
In Pictures: The 2.9 acre former Redland High School site comes with planning permission and listed building consent for a 44-unit residential development.
Prime London rents show ‘early signs of bottoming out’
Rental values in the capital's prime resi markets have fallen by an average of 9.
Agent wins battle with developer over contract ‘agreed by phone’
Supreme Court hands down judgment in Wells v Devani, ruling that an estate agent was entitled to claim commission from a developer on the sale of flats to a purchaser he introduced, despite the contract…
Planners nod through Hammersmith Town Hall reinvention, with 204 new homes
In Pictures: Designs by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners promise to 'breathe new life' into West London's King Street.
St William building up steam in Battersea
Berkeley Group & National Grid JV rolls out next phase of 955-unit regen scheme by Battersea Power Station
Portman & Derwent double Baker Street project’s affordable housing contribution
Mayor's late-stage review results in a £10m affordable housing contribution from Derwent London and the Portman Estate's major development on Baker Street.
Ranked: Britain’s fastest & slowest areas for property price inflation in 2018
The Forest of Dean saw average prices rise by 11% last year, according to official statistics, while the City of London saw prices drop by 7.1%...
Marsh & Parsons downsizes Land & New Homes division; plans more branch openings
'A number of people have left the business', confirms Marsh & Parsons as it restructures its Land & New Homes division.