Location: Urban
Grosvenor on the hunt for resi investment projects in regional towns & cities
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has recruited Arrif Ali from Cain International to lead a new regional investment drive, looking for residential and mixed-use development opportunities around the UK
‘A modest masterpiece’: Stirling Prize goes to energy-efficient council housing project
100-home Passivhaus development in Norwich named Britain's best new building of 2019. “Goldsmith Street is a modest masterpiece," say the 2019 Stirling Prize judges.
Savills appointed to steer Northstowe new town development
Homes England has brought in Savills to advise on the next stage of the development of the UK's biggest new town since Milton Keynes
London’s property market ‘has bottomed out’, but an ‘exodus of cash buyers’ has quelled price inflation in southern cities
A pick-up in activity and a return to positive annual price growth in London "isn’t a precursor to price rises,” says Zoopla, “but we do expect sales volumes to start rising once again”
New-build home reviews platform expands nationwide; ranks the best & worst developments (unofficially)
HomeViews now carries residents' reviews of over 800 new-build developments in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Newcastle, Leeds, Bath and Bristol
‘A completely new way of working’: JLL unveils ‘blueprint’ design for national office network
The global agency is looking to overhaul the way its employees work and engage with one another, which means fewer desks, a focus on health & wellbeing, and much more foliage...
UK’s largest cities see ‘widespread exodus’ as affordability hits home
12 of the UK's 15 largest cities saw a net outflow of residents last year, according to data sourced from the ONS, as residents up sticks in favour of market towns and 'affluent amenity-rich communities'…
Full steam ahead for York’s ‘once in a lifetime’ city centre regen project
45 hectare Northern Powerhouse project will create new residential, cultural and business neighbourhoods in central York
The Value of Community: ‘Sustainable urbanism’ offers dividends for property developers & homeowners
Homes built on the principles of sustainable urbanism - with an emphasis on character and community - achieve higher residential development values and can maintain house price premiums, according to research…
Watch: Property price inflation in key UK cities since 1995
The average UK house price has risen by 318% since 1995, with some locations out- or under-performing that to a quite significant degree...
Britain’s most expensive cities ‘are becoming more affordable’
But the house price to income multiple in London still looks historically toppy
