Residential
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Aviva in jv with Galliard on the Old Kent Road
Aviva Investors and Galliard Homes have announced a tie-up that could see a residential scheme worth hundreds of millions of pounds built on the site of the Cantium Retail Park…
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Nine Elms Square buyer pulls out
BEST OF MIPIM 2017: The prospective purchaser of St Modwen and Vinci’s prize site at New Covent Garden Market has withdrawn from negotiations
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Relaxed building heights yet to come to fruition
COMMENT: Last month’s housing white paper provided long-awaited recognition of the challenging state of the UK housing market
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Care-home stay can cost more than half the price of average home
An average stay in a residential care home could cost as much as half the value of your home, according to analysis by Royal London.
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Strong monthly growth in asking prices
UK house prices rose 1.3% in March, figures from Rightmove show, the second highest increase for a March since it first compiled the data in 2007.
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Bovis shareholder urges it to reopen talks with Redrow
Royal London Asset Management, which has a 3.5% stake in Bovis Homes, is urging the company to reopen talks with Redrow about a possible merger.
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New agency looks to ease property chain stress
New online estate agency Nested has secured £8m in funding from investors, and is promising users of its services that it will sell their home within 90 days or provide…
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Developers make case for stamp duty changes
Major developers are putting together a case for a reduction in stamp duty.
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Redrow may make fresh bid for Bovis
Housebuilder Redrow is considering a second bid for Bovis Homes after its first approach was rejected.
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Commuter towns fastest growing property markets
Homes are selling faster in commuter towns than in any other part of the UK.
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House prices nearly eight times salary
Average house prices are now nearly eight times the average salary in England and Wales.
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Berkeley expects to hit targets
Berkeley Group said the housing market in London and the south east had stabilised and it expects to reach its targets.