Huge surge in commercial-to-residential conversions
Analysis reveals a 63% increase in the number of change-of-use applications from commercial to residential druing the past ...
Labour’s homes plan ‘doomed’ without retired planning officers says Savills
Savills warns Angela Rayner that 300 extra planning officers is not enough to cope with 1.5 million new homes within five ...
Landlords ARE working people, Housing Minister confirms
Scots minister Paul McLennan tells conference landlords have the right to make a ‘return’ on their investment too.
Major London council tells agents to ‘immediately’ stop tenant bidding wars
Southwark Council is to contact letting agents in its area of South London where it says rents are rising unchecked, and ...
Agent duo sell ‘blood, sweat and tears’ lettings business to Lomond
Charles Aston and Richard Napier say now is the right time to sell after ten years spent growing Sugarhouse Properties.
Well-known London estate agency sells surveying arm
Castles has sold its eponymous surveying business to competitor Novello Chartered Surveyors for an undisclosed sum.
Second home numbers plunge by 40% ahead of tax changes
The number of second homes in Leicester has seen a dramatic fall as a result of double council tax charges from April.