Delays in UK house building caused by the pandemic have forced the government to consider drafting plans to extend its help-to-buy scheme for new home purchases beyond the end-of-year deadline. Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, is considering whether to back a…
Read moreBy Megan Benedek of Benedek Lewin Limited Relative to some parts of the world Bermuda acted early to the COVID 19 pandemic and closed its borders to outside visitors on 20th March 2020. Schools and businesses followed soon after and…
Read morePioneering property developer gs8 is innovating community-based, post-lockdown living with its ground-breaking residential development in London, Orford Mews. The collection of nine residential mews properties, forms part of their rapidly increasing regeneration portfolio, which will deliver a uniquely designed, sustainable…
Read moreSome four or more months in, many workers around the world have fully adjusted—some happily, others less so, to working from home. Temporary couch setups have been replaced by standup desks and ergonomic chairs and proper home offices with the…
Read moreCiti to limit office return to 40% of headcount until there’s a coronavirus vaccine, although executives remain unconvinced that remote working arrangements will work in the longer term. Citigroup chief executive Mike Corbat said that the bank will not risk…
Read moreSix out of 10 British homeowners plan to move this year as their requirements for the ‘dream home’ have shifted following lockdown. A study of 2,000 adults found more than a quarter admitted their vision of the perfect house has…
Read moreIn London’s super-prime new-build market, the post-Covid-19 future is already taking shape. “Old” luxuries such as communal swimming pools, touch-pad lifts and sign-in concierge desks are giving buyers pause for thought in this era of social distancing and obsessive sanitising….
Read moreFintech investment in the UK has risen by 500% in the last three years, compared to 170% for the USA and 133% for Europe, research from recruitment firm Robert Walters has revealed. Since 2018 the UK fintech market has outstripped…
Read moreSonia Fox delves into the hush, hush world of off market home sales and discovers that discretion most definitely rules Selling a home off-market was once a privilege reserved for the rich and famous, for whom discretion was key. “Whilst…
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