The next five-year phase of the property cycle will be marked by the outcome of tomorrow’s General Election. Knight Frank’s Liam Bailey believes certainty on Brexit, either way, is a good result for the housing market. “Brexit has hovered above the market since mid-2016 and in London more than any other …
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Shoppers fear the loss of a popular supermarket if a huge development in Reading is given permission. People responding to a consultation on a plan which could see the Reading Station Shopping Park knocked down and replaced with as many as 950 new homes have stated losing the shop would …
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The unstoppable rise in online shopping is driving a demand for more storage space and delivery hubs across central London, which is in turn creating a new homes model: warehouse sheds that come with beds — large industrial buildings with homes built above. Online shopping now accounts for 20 per …
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The area around Reading’s IDR and Vastern Road is not known as a beauty spot. It’s unlikely architects or historians will be rushing to preserve what is known as the “TGIs roundabout” or the buildings housing the various shops around the area. In fact, Caversham Road Fire Station is one …
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Plans have emerged which could see nearly 1,000 homes built in a “primarily car free” development on a Reading retail park. Aviva Investors has unveiled its vision for the Reading Station Shopping Park between Caversham Road and Vastern Road. The company is working on an outline planning application which could …
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New homeowners have been warned against becoming victims of fraud, after new research found they are being increasingly targeted by crooks who steal personal details . Credit report agency Experian says it has seen a 35 per cent rise in the number of young first-time buyers becoming fraud victims in …
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The redevelopment of a former Edwardian postal sorting office into Islington Square — with 263 homes and new boutiques, bars and restaurants, a theatre rehearsal space, health club and cinema — is contained in a fashionable new quarter in Upper Street, N1. The four-acre site had been closed to the …
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The former home of a Reading institution could be knocked down and replaced with a housing development. S2 Developments, which owns the former home of Drews the Ironmongers in Caversham Road, put its plans for the site on show in Reading on Wednesday, July 24. Official plans have yet to …
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