Residential
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Strong growth in builders’ workloads in Q1
Demand for building work in the east and the northeast of England is outpacing that in London and the southeast, figures from the Builders Merchant Federation and the Federation of…
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Property hijacking on the rise
Property hijacking, involving fraudsters taking on the identity of the owner and selling the property without the owner’s knowledge, is on the rise.
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Home raffles not plain sailing
Plans by the owner of a house in Blackheath, southeast London, to raffle her home after failing to sell it for £1.25m have been halted after intervention by the local…
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Edinburgh house prices boosted along tram route
The opening of the Edinburgh Trams route has boosted house price growth near the line, according to research by the Bank of Scotland.
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Tesla to sell glass solar roof tiles in UK next year
Tesla will start selling its glass solar roof tiles in the UK next year.
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Investor interest in UK PRS outpaces supply
There is 14 times more equity targeting the UK private rented sector than there is stock, according to CBRE’s new Build to Rent Equity Barometer.
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Candy’s luxury resi scheme up for grabs
Christian Candy’s CPC Group has put a Holland Park mansion block up for sale for offers in excess of £75m.
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Resi planning applications plummet post-referendum
The number of planning applications submitted in the UK has fallen due to the economic instability caused by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union
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L&G heats up Leeds PRS market with Mustard Wharf buy
Legal & General has bought the Mustard Wharf site in Leeds from U+I for a 250-home rental development.
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RICS sees flat summer for housing market
Property sales last month fell to their lowest level since just after the referendum on EU membership, while new instructions fell for the fourteenth straight month, the latest survey by…
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Barratt set for highest number of completions since 2008
Barratt Developments said it was on track to hit 17,350 completions in the year to June, the highest level since 2008, while pretax profit would be at the high end…
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Shetland homes increasingly unaffordable
Homes on Shetland are becoming increasingly unaffordable, leading to concerns there could be an exodus of young people.