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PrimeLocation.com is a UK property portal owned by ZPG Ltd that lists properties in the UK and abroad. It was founded in 2001 by a group of 200 UK estate agents. It accepts property listings only from estate agents, letting agents and property developers.
Houseful Limited [2] is a British residential property software, data, and insight company based in London, England, owned by Silver Lake Partners. [3] [4]Its brands include the property website Zoopla, automated valuations (AVMs) provider Hometrack, and software brand Alto. [5]
On 7 February 2024, the company made an agreed offer to acquire Redrow for £2.5 billion. [52] On the same date, both firms had confirmed reduced revenue and profit. [53] The merged businesses would create a house builder, Barratt Redrow, turning over £7.45 billion and delivering over 22,600 homes a year. [54]
The Excalibur estate in Catford, London Borough of Lewisham is the UK's largest remaining estate of post-WW2 prefab houses, with 187 Uni-Seco wooden frame bungalows plus a flat-roofed prefab church. While residents fought to save the entire 187-unit estate, English Heritage wanted to save 21 examples, and the council, which still owns 80% of ...
Skilled labour and materials were in short supply and commanded high prices. Local government around the country commissioned large building projects to meet the demand, and innovative designs like the no-fines house gave private contractors like George Wimpey, and later the Corolite Construction Company, a compelling proposition to give the state.
A modern Indian bungalow in an affluent area near Bangalore, Karnataka, India The Manale Tea Bungalow, one of the oldest bungalows in Kerala, India In India, the term bungalow or villa refers to any single-family unit, as opposed to an apartment building , which is the norm for Indian middle-class city living.
A Bellway development in Hampshire, England A Bellway development in Clackmannanshire, Scotland A Bellway home in promotional banners in Wetherby, West Yorkshire.. The company was founded in 1946 by John Thomas Bell and his sons, John and Russell, as a housebuilder operating in Newcastle upon Tyne under the name John T. Bell & Sons. [4]
The CMA said it had evidence that firms shared commercially sensitive information with competitors, influencing the build-out of sites and the prices of new homes. [60] In January 2025, the CMA said it was conducting further investigations into suspected anti-competitive conduct by house-builders; after Barratt acquired Redrow, the number of ...