Residential
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Homeowners turn to alternative advertising methods to avoid estate agents’ fees
Homeowners looking to sell their properties but avoid estate agent fees of between 1% and 3.5% of the price are searching out alternative methods, including social media and classified ads…
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Low-cost home ownership schemes are not helping low-income buyers
Low-cost home ownership schemes are not benefiting low- and middle-income households, according to a report from the government’s Social Mobility Commission.
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Countryside and Notting Hill Housing form £330m Barking jv
Countryside and housing association Notting Hill Housing have entered into a partnership to deliver 911 homes for sale and market rent at Fresh Wharf in Barking
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Oldham seeks town centre development partner
Oldham Council has unveiled a plan to find a development partner to bring forward five town centre sites totalling 21 acres
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SEGRO and Barratt partner on former Nestlé site redevelopment
SEGRO and Barratt have submitted a major application for 1,381 homes as well as 245,000 sq ft of industrial space on the former Nestlé factory site in Hayes, west London.
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Peabody completes £6bn merger and announces GLA partnership
Peabody and Family Mosaic have completed their £6bn merger and also announced a strategic partnership with the mayor of London to deliver 6,000 affordable homes by 2021
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Investec provides finance for Savills and Fruition resi scheme
Investec Structured Property Finance has provided finance to Savills Investment Management for a jv between Fruition Properties and the Savills Prime London Residential Development Fund II.
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Octopus Property launches new residential development finance loan
Octopus Property has launched a new low priced development finance product to expand its residential development lending range.
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Number of homes planned for green-belt land up 54% in a year
The number of new homes planned for green-belt land has risen by 50% since last year to 424,672, research by the Campaign to Protect Rural England shows.
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Scotland’s build-to-rent sector booms
WEEKEND PAPERS: A lack of properties and a rise in house prices are boosting the build-to-rent sector in Scotland.
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Vast majority of SNP’s 50,000 affordable homes pledge would be new-build
The SNP seems to be backtracking on an election pledge to build 50,000 new affordable homes.
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In brief
Delancey wins Ram dispute A high court judge has ruled in favour of Delancey in an ongoing dispute over the Ram Brewery site in Wandsworth. According to the ruling, Delancey…