Residential
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House price growth slows to 4.7%
House price growth slowed to 4.7% in the year to the end of May, from 5.3% a month earlier, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed.
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Foreign investment in US homes at new record
Foreign buyers invested a record $153bn in US residential real estate in the year to March, an annual survey by the National Association of Realtors shows.
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Imperial College submits White City campus plan
Imperial College London has submitted an environmental impact assessment application to Hammersmith and Fulham Council for a new 2.7m sq ft campus in White City, W12. The plans include 2.2m…
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NHS Property Services puts 290-home site up for sale
NHS Property Services has won planning permission for 290 homes on the former St George’s Hospital site in Hornchurch, east London, and put the development up for sale.
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FirstPort buys Pentland Estate Management
FirstPort has bought Pentland Estate Management, the property management arm of Linden Homes, the housebuilder owned by Galliford Try.
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Abu Dhabi JV could build 1,000 flats in London
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions is joining up with developer Mount Anvil to construct apartment blocks near to the ExCel London conference centre, which it owns, according to people with knowledge…
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Half a million social homes failing decent homes standard
Nearly one in seven social homes in England does not meet the national decent homes standard, according to analysis by The Independent.
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Buyers could borrow more for energy-efficient homes
Home buyers might be able to borrow more if lenders took into account the energy performance ratings of properties, according to a report by the Lenders group.
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Berkeley and Ritchie to start next stage of West End Green
Berkeley Homes and Residential Land have received planning permission for 200 additional homes at the West End Green site from Westminster Council.
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Aurora submits application for 325 co-living units
Aurora Real Estate has submitted an EIA application to Redbridge Council for a 26-storey residential tower providing 325 co-living units in Ilford, north-east London
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Javid is right to call out Nimby councils
Communities secretary Sajid Javid could be set to stake his political future on the much-promised housebuilding revolution.
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Ritblat joins Mitheridge as non-exec chairman
Private equity real estate firm Mitheridge Capital Management has appointed Delancey Real Estate chief executive Jamie Ritblat as non-executive chairman.