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Westminster’s new City Plan goes to the vote on 13th November
Westminster's "ambitious" set of new planning policies are to go before the City Council’s Full Council for consideration next month.
New-build home registrations slow in Q3
39,364 new homes were registered with the NHBC over the last three months, compared to 43,403 a year ago
PCL price rally ‘peters out’
Prices slipped by 0.6% in September to leave the annual fall at 1.8%, reports LCP, with transaction volumes now running at their lowest ever level...
104 property sales worth £2.06bn: London’s super-prime market in five charts
Some fascinating insights into this year's £10m+ sales market from Knight Frank, including a flurry of £30m+ deals, building demand for super-prime, currency plays, and how UHNW buyers are getting younger…
Who will watch the watchmen: On dirty money & estate agency
The government is finally stepping up the fight against the tide of 'dirty money' flowing through the UK property market, but estate agents shouldn't be the first line of defence, argues Saul Empson...
Returning Stamp Duty to 2005 levels would galvanise the property market, suggests influential think tank
"Stamp duty has distorted the market to such an extent that the costs of cutting it are far lower than generally realised," suggests the Centre for Policy Studies, led by David Cameron's former housing…
Market Snapshot: Prime rents in London & the commuter belt
Prime London rents have risen for the first time since 2016, reports Savills, while rents in the commuter belt continue to fall
Planners back Westbourne’s St John’s Wood care home scheme
Robin Partington-designed project to deliver 89 resi units with extra care facilities on St John’s Wood Road, and a 121-bed care home on Lodge Road
£7.5m price tag for vast penthouse shell in Hampstead
A 6,000 square foot spread at the exclusive Mount Tyndal development could be 'one of London's most impressive and substantial' penthouse apartments, according to agents
Damac chief warns Dubai must freeze resi construction or face oversupply ‘disaster’
Hussain Sajwani has told Bloomberg that property construction in Dubai should be frozen for one or two years to avoid "a disaster" of over-supply
New development corporation push promises more new towns ‘on the scale of Canary Wharf’
Sir George Iacobescu is on board to advise on a new Government fund to encourage large-scale regional development
Rightmove founder backs proptech marketplace
Harry Hill joins $800k funding round for James Dearsley and Eddie Holmes' Unissu platform