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How will Boris Johnson’s resignation affect the property market?
Clarity over the Prime Minister's departure provides some relief that a clearer more strategically sound future can be realised, says JLL's research chief Nick Whitten - even if we have a fallow period…
Health, wealth & happiness: Northacre’s new CEO on the luxury property developer’s new direction & global ambitions
In conversation with PrimeResi, the PCL developer’s newly-appointed Group CEO Walid El-Hindi explains the changes going on behind the scenes - and why its new strategy goes far beyond bricks & mortar……
Super-prime property market activity hits six-year high in London
“Property’s reputation as an inflation-hedge gives it extra appeal, while the prospect of rising borrowing costs is injecting a degree of urgency into the market across all price points,” says Rory…
The anatomy of a housing market downturn
Property markets "tend to follow a predictable sequence in downturns," says Capital Economics - and the pattern has already started in the UK and USA.
Extraordinary Barbican space ‘could be one of London’s most impressive residential projects’
6a Architects and Sanchez Benton Architects have drawn up plans to turn Cromwell Tower's cavernous Void Space into a remarkable four-storey family home.
BoE drops mortgage affordability test
"Removing the current stress testing could mitigate some of the impact of higher interest rates," suggests Savills, and is "not as reckless as it may sound".
Northacre moves into branded residences with St.Regis at No.1 Palace Street
Luxury property developer Northacre and top-end international hotelier St. Regis have signed a license and management agreement to create 72 St Regis-branded apartments opposite Buckingham Palace.
Shaftesbury & Capco to merge, creating a £5bn central London property empire
Two of PCL's biggest property estates have agreed terms to create an "impossible to replicate portfolio in the heart of London's West End."
Has London’s property price premium bottomed-out?
JLL has made some bullish forecasts for London's property market.
The Building Safety Act: The biggest change to building safety in 40 years
With provisions due to come into force at the end of this month, the Macfarlanes team takes an in-depth look at the new Building Safety Act - which "represents a sea change for the construction sector"…
When the levee breaks: Sir James Bevan on climate change & the limits of flood protection
A speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, in June 2022.
Property as an inflation hedge? Maybe not…
"To predict what will happen to property prices, look at the amount of leverage," says Charlie Ellingworth, founder of buying agency Property Vision, as he warns that "residential property is not going…