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Government’s new national design code & Office for Place aim to ‘bring back beauty’
The Government has published a new set of national design standards for property developments, formally introducing the word "beauty" into planning rules for the first time.
12% drop in new instructions as vendors take stock
Sellers are "reluctant" to list their homes for sale during this third national lockdown, reports Zoopla, but buyer demand continues to escalate.
Battersea Power Station & Savills heavyweights join boutique buying agency
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Hutton & Charlie Bubear bolster the acquisition firm founded by their respective partners, Catherine Hutton & Alice Bubear, as it branches out into development consultancy and PCL sales.
PrimeResi partners with the Luxury Property Forum
We're delighted to announce that PrimeResi Journal has teamed up with the Luxury Property Forum, the virtual private members’ club for individuals and companies specialising in prime real estate and…
A hole of your own: The lowdown on building basements in the post-iceberg age
Figures out earlier this month suggest the days of the mega-basement are behind us in Prime Central London, but what should those still intent on attempting a subterranean project know?
Buying agency draws up a ‘definitive league table of post-Covid property hotspots’
National buying agency Garrington has compiled a "definitive league table of post-Covid property hotspots", assessing the best places to live in the "new normal" of 2021 and beyond.
How Brexit is affecting removals: ‘We might advise customers to put their move [to Europe] on hold to allow for the dust to settle’
The removals business is flying as the UK's property market continues to romp along, says Anthony Ward Thomas. But Brexit has complicated matters for many international relocations.
Interview: Knight Frank’s Tim Hyatt on team morale, market resilience & the future of estate agency
On April 1st 2020, when the UK had been in lockdown for exactly nine days, Tim Hyatt took over the management of Knight Frank’s UK residential business and joined the group executive board.
Average London house price tops £500k for the first time
The pace of property price inflation picked up dramatically towards the end of last year, according to the latest official UK HPI.
Luxury property industry insiders assemble to discuss what 2021 may hold
The first Luxury Property Forum webinar of 2021 will see chair Priya Rawal joined by Savills' Lucian Cook, Black Brick's Camilla Dell, CMS Cameron McKenna's Swita Kothari, and Accouter's Alec Watt.
Investor swoops on £35m Mayfair scheme
London & Monaco developer REDD sells its entire 82 Mount Street scheme to a bulk buyer within days of the off-plan sales launch.
Savills reports ‘an extraordinary rebound’ in prime resi activity
"The volume of activity in prime residential markets [outside London] for [2020] as a whole was the strongest since before the global financial crisis," says Savills.