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New Government design manual & planning reforms promise a ‘green housing revolution’
Housing Minister reveals an "ambitious revamp of planning rules" and bans gas boilers in new homes, as the Government publishes its first-ever "design manual to promote the building of beautiful new homes"…
Vogue publisher Condé Nast to roll out branded residential property developments
The publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair, Tatler and GQ has been having discussions with Savills about launching a range of luxury property developments
New smartphone app ‘will make 3D tours the standard way to market properties’
Matterport's new mobile app turns smartphones into 3D capture cameras
Neighbourhood Swatch: Assessing London’s patchwork property market
CBRE has gone borough by borough to chart London's top-performing neighbourhoods for a realm of property and lifestyle factors
Global UHNW wealth falls for the first time in three years
There's been "muted" growth in the number of Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals over the last year, reports Wealth-X - but London has seen a bigger rise than any other top ten UHNW city
Hyatt & Dawes to take over Knight Frank’s top resi roles as Andrew Hay moves on
Knight Frank's Global Head of Residential Lord Andrew Hay is to retire next year, after 37 years with the business. Tim Hyatt is to take over as Head of UK Residential; Rupert Dawes is now Head of Global Residential.
Luxury Business Sphere Summit 2019: Property panel confirmed & more
The Times's Anne Ashworth will be steering a panel discussion on 8th October, featuring Jonathan Goldstein (CEO of Cain International), Charlie Walsh (Lodha Group's Director of Sales), Knight Frank's "…
The Million Pound Street Drop: The number of £1m+ addresses in the UK has fallen by 10% in the last year
There are now 15,484 streets with an average property price in excess of £1m, says Zoopla; 1,805 fewer than the 17,289 recorded at the same time last year.
Buy-to-let investor swoops on luxury new-build portfolio in Notting Hill
Czech investment firm CPI has made its second significant play in London's prime residential market, acquiring seven contemporary houses in W11 for £18m, in a deal helmed by Rhodium-founder Dean Main …
How to build the perfect country house (part two): Critical factors
Building a new house is probably one of the most exciting and creative adventures one will ever embark on, but there is no doubt it is daunting. However, help is at hand
How to build the perfect country house (part one): New possibilities
An extraordinary and little-noticed change has swept over the countryside in the past 10 years
‘These houses cost an arm, leg & lung’: Air pollution tool encourages London house-hunters to cut property prices
Londoners are being urged to use air pollution data to drive down house prices and rents; "this is going to be industry standard", says the NAEA's chief