Property developers to face two new taxes to pay for cladding scandal bill
Robert Jenrick has announced that residential property developers will face two new levies, starting in 2022, to pay for some essential fire safety works on high rise buildings, following 2017's Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Developers are not ‘land banking’, concludes Letwin
“Developers could increase the choice of design, size and tenure of new homes without impacting on the local market and therefore speed up the rate at which houses are built and sold”, argues an independent…
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Property developers told to ‘do their duty’ as Prime Minister announces ‘a housing revolution’
Government outlines a major overhaul to the National Planning Policy Framework, the first in six years
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Jenrick reveals the Government’s ‘plan to re-start the housing market’ as estate agents & developers get back to work
The Government has eased the Coronavirus lockdown in a bid to re-start the housing market after seven weeks in cold storage. Estate agents' office can now re-open, viewings are permitted;
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Daggers bolsters ADVSR team as digital real estate platform hits $10bn milestone
New Head of Global Partnerships, Graeme Grossman, joins fast-growing venture aiming to 'democratise global property marketing'.
‘The rarest of opportunities’: Buyer sought for brace of historic mansions in London’s legal land
34,000 sq ft project on Lincoln’s Inn Fields offers diverse possibilities, including one of the capital’s grandest & most architecturally significant period homes.
How London’s super-rich will live in 2025, according to a buying agent
PCL specialist Ranjit Thaker predicts these four trends will be big with wealthy homeowners in the year ahead.
In Pictures: Luxury brokerage lists £40mn super-home at The Glebe
Buying an apartment at the record-breaking boutique scheme in Chelsea is 'like acquiring a da Vinci', says firm launching one of the biggest instructions of 2025 so far.
‘Significant value for money’ in Central London’s property market, says Coutts
There are deep discounts on offer in the Golden Postcodes, reports HNW bank as super-prime sales 'flourish'.
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DDRE Global closes £67mn of deals in bumper January; signs more top-flight agents
One of London’s best-known property advisors, Simon Barnes, has joined Daniel Daggers' luxury brokerage.
Surprise result in £36mn Notting Hill moth mansion dispute
Judge rules super-prime home should be returned to the vendor after more than five years, in what lawyers call 'a really surprising' decision.
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New Nine Elms tower ‘outperforming traditional prime postcodes’ as rental yields top 5%
Apartments at Zone One's tallest resi building were launched onto the market last year.
Savills Private Office adds sports, media & entertainment specialist
Hugh Maconochie has joined the agency's HNW-focused division to lead the Sports, Media and Entertainment team.
In Pictures: Hines reveals ‘visionary’ Thames-side mixed-use development
Trio of Foster + Partners-designed towers aims 'to push the standards of wellbeing beyond anything seen before in place design'.
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