RICS updates flooding guidance for home-owners in the face of rising extreme weather risks
'This timely guide will help homeowners prepare as best they can for extreme weather events, which unfortunately are becoming more common and severe due to climate change,' says surveyor Philip Wilbourn.
Sustainability climbs the agenda for home-owners & house-hunters
Around two fifths of future house-hunters say they would consider the energy efficiency of their next home, up sharply from just over one fifth who thought about this with their last property purchase
Are property owners prepared for the impacts of climate change on flooding in the UK?
UK coastal flooding has been regarded as the second-highest risk of civil emergency after pandemic influenza, with an estimated £150 billion of assets at risk.
Home-owners take a shine to solar panels as energy prices climb
There's been a big rise in the number of domestic solar PV installations this year, reports Savills.
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Chestertons picks up well-known PCL lettings business
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‘There is no lack of interest’: Peninsula London pauses sales after world’s wealthiest pick up 70% of residences
New five-star destination opposite Buckingham Palace has been described as 'the most significant addition to London's ultra-prime market in recent memory'.
Tom Bill: What does the higher bank rate mean for the UK housing market?
Lenders are tinkering with mortgage rates as a contradictory set of events unfold but higher rates are here to stay, says Knight Frank's head of resi research.
In Pictures: Former PM Johnson buys moated Oxfordshire Manor House
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Foxtons takes cues from Netflix & Amazon in bid to ‘modernise estate agency’
Agency reveals how it is using AI to identify new leads in real time and get them 'to the right person at the right time'.
Ranked: The UK’s best places to live in 2023
Wadhurst in East Sussex has been crowned the overall winner in this year's influential Sunday Times rundown.
City Slicker: Inside a new Foster + Partners-designed penthouse in east London, asking £9.9mn
Principal Tower, a new 50-storey landmark on the edge of the Square Mile, is the only resi building in London designed inside-and-out by the world-famous architecture firm.
Luxury developer Mountwood unveils new boutique scheme in west London
Nearly half of the 24 units at Lexington House in West Ken have been picked up off-plan.
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