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Rents rise at the fastest pace since 2014 – Hamptons
            Average rental payments across the country increased by 3.7% in 2019, and have escalated by 81% in the last decade.         
    Mapped: The ‘meteoric’ rise of ‘American-style’ build-to-rent in the UK
            UK regions saw a dramatic 51% increase in the number of "American-style" purpose-built rental homes completed in 2019, according to Savills, the British Property Federation and Molior.         
    Friday Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
            A weekly stock check, powered by LonRes         
    Resi-to-office switch mooted at Battersea Power Station
            Developer wants to delay the delivery of around 250 residential apartments in favour of fast-tracking more office space.         
    MTD’s £500m One Crown Place tops out
            KPF-designed development on the edge of the City is delivering 246 private apartments, along with a boutique hotel, office space and new retail units         
    Lisbon, Sydney & Moscow set to lead residential price growth in 2020
            "While the outlook for 2020 is generally more positive" than in 2019, says Savills, "price growth in prime residential markets is still expected to be modest across many global cities"         
    Top-end sales jump as PCL responds quickly to political certainty
            Q4 was a record quarter for £20m+ deals in Central London, reports Savills, while December saw the highest number of £5m+ sales since 2014.         
    ‘There are glimmers of growing confidence’ in the architecture profession – RIBA
            Architects got a bit more pessimistic about future workloads in December, but the Royal Institute of British Architects has spotted signs of improvement after an extended period of volatility...         
    Cripps Pemberton Greenish hires leasehold enfranchisement expert
            Amy Jackson joins the leasehold enfranchisement team from Forsters         
    The next move in PCL sales prices should be up – JLL
            'The prospects are more positive than they have been for five years', says the agency, tipping both transactions and prices to rally over the next three months...         
    Why people buy what they didn’t realise they wanted
            Searching for a country property is all about testing boundaries, says buying agent Sally Fraser...         
    Royal house hunters: These Canadian properties might suit Harry and Meghan
            Luxury realtors put forward four super-prime options for the Duke & Duchess...