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All the latest news from the residential property market, including residential development, property management, buy to let and investment landlord news.Residential News
Slight but steady increase in private rented residential supply
The number of properties being bought with buy-to-let mortgages increased by around 84,000 in 2011 according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
DevSecs gets go-ahead for £150m Shepherd's Bush scheme
Development Securities has been given the green light for a £150m redevelopment around Shepherd’s Bush market.
Grainger reports sales 5.8% ahead of book value
Residential property owner Grainger has reported robust sales, with the disposal of vacant assets in the four months to the end of January 5.8% ahead of its September valuations.
Pears and DevSecs win NAMA portfolio
Pears Group and Development Securities have teamed up in an innovative partnership to buy a £100m plus portfolio from the Irish National Asset Management Agency.
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Regional comfort as St Modwen enjoys 9% NAV boost
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Plans submitted for £100m Chester student village
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One Hyde Park: £60m apartment sold and luxury retail on the market
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Bruce’s resi bonus: £320m private rented venture secures backing
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Design squad in place for International Quarter
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Two-thirds of best London homes sold to foreign buyers
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‘Priciest home’ Updown plummets
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Rocket to remake Old Street block
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Recession-hit London scheme goes back before committee
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Kier selected for Derby residential scheme
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Green Properties plans London’s fifth tallest towers
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Chainbow sells core business in "leap of faith" to private rented sector
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Tchenguiz attaches £3.5bn price tag to resi portfolio sale
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£100m resi fund launch for London
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Middle Eastern investor buys £36m NAMA mansion
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Passport to Pimlico resi for Network Rail
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Pickles: ‘we must get Britain building’
Communities secretary tells Property Week’s RESI 2011 that planning reform is “imperative”
Data
Colliers International: Residential Datashot - January 2012
2011 saw weak, yet resilient, house prices. Halifax recorded a 1.3% decrease in house prices over the last 12 months, while Nationwide recorded a 1% increase overall for the 12 months to December.
Douglas & Gordon: The London Barometer
Despite the economic and political turmoil December was a surprisingly busy month for sales at D&G and remarkably one of the best of the year.
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Home in a mess? Call in the professionals
We all want our home to look stylish and welcoming, but not everyone wants to spend time co-ordinating contractors and choosing the decoration and furnishings. Or perhaps you simply accept that you don’t have an eye for colour or a feel for proportion.
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Housebuilders pin hopes on return of 'feel-good factor'
Twas the weekend before Christmas and in the Bluewater car parks, not a lot stirred. A mild understatement, perhaps, but everything is relative.
I’m cheesed off waiting for change of use from office to resi
Camembert has gone underground. European Union regulations forbid the use of unpasteurised milk, so you can’t make it legally, I’m told
Too much “Pesto” leaves housebuilders
Housebuilders may have invented a new instrument to gauge the health of the housing market: the “Pesto-meter”. Greg Fitzgerald, chief executive of Galliford Try, recently told analysts and investors that while the BBC’s lugubrious business editor Robert Peston’s appearances remain limited to once a week, his board feels OK. “Four times a week and we’re all doomed”.
Capital & Counties faces Earls Court controversy
Capital & Counties has spent £20m on its £8bn Earls Court application, only to be faced with significant local opposition. Mira Bar-Hillel reports
