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Beautiful homes & tree-lined streets should be ‘the norm not the exception’
Roger Scruton and Nicolas Boys Smith's final report for the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission has been published, offering a series of policy proposals and practical recommendations to make…
Mace promises to go carbon-free in 2020
Global construction giant Mace Group has declared that it "will achieve net zero carbon emissions in 2020."
Chestertons hits the acquisition trail
Major London agency to focus on 'aggressive' acquisition strategy after posting a record performance in 2019
Prime London’s lettings market is on the turn
Savills is forecasting rents will rise by nearly 11% over the next five years, having bottomed out in mid-2019...
Rosewood ‘intensely focused’ on branded residences rollout
Luxury hospitality group gears up to boost its portfolio of five-star residences around the world, and embark on some stand-alone residential projects...
Mapped: Prime London price & rental growth
Latest quarterly stats from Knight Frank show St John's Wood outperforming, with South Ken, Canary Wharf and Marylebone lagging behind...
Prime Movers 2020: Last chance to nominate the top luxury property agencies of the year
Nominations close on Friday for PrimeResi Journal's Top 50 Buying Agency and Top 50 Boutique Estate Agency indices for 2020.
Ranked: Britain’s fastest & slowest places to sell a home
It took the average vendor 256 days to sell their property in 2019 (from first listing online to sale completion as marked by the Land Registry), although there were wide variations between different locations;
Rethinking the planning system: Downing Street to consider ‘wholesale reform’
Influential think tank Policy Exchange has published a blueprint for the "urgent wholesale reform" of the planning system, calling for a "clean break" with the current regime.
New pictures show ‘bold new vision’ for Victoria
'Ambitious' new public realm and placemaking proposals are aimed at improving the area for residents and visitors
Profits drop for Crest Nicholson
FTSE 250 housebuilder saw revenues fall in 2019, as political uncertainty caused "volatility" in the market.
No Pain No Gain? On biodiversity and the luxury residential sector
New biodiversity net gain laws have the potential to add significant additional costs to the development of schemes in the UK's rural and costal locations, writes Nicholas Burt...