LONDON-It's becoming harder and harder to find affordable housing in Britain's prettier villages. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors plans to find a solution to this problem.

LONDON-Hermes has transferred 7.6 acres of land to Arlington at Aztec West, Bristol. It did the deal to enable it to carry out the construction of a 135,000-sf office scheme for mobile telecoms operator Orange.

LONDON-Two companies have signed up for Charles Schwab Europe's space at 401 Grafton Gate East in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, the 'new city' located midway beteen London and Birmingham.

LONDON-Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, is to host a 1.5-million-sf new business park for warehouse, distribution and office / light industrial uses. Pre-marketing has begun and infrastructure work will begin later in 2002.

LONDON-The refurbishment of Quay House in Bath, Somerset, will now move forward following Chase de Vere Investments' commitment to take a 25-year lease.

LONDON-Bookmaker William Hill has taken part of Development Securities' 28,800-sf Milton House building in the centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

LONDON-A 1960s office building in Croydon, South London, has gone at a 10%-plus yield. Henderson Global Investors, acting for London Life, disposed of the building on Dingwall Road.

LONDON-The Crown Estate has consolidated its holdings in Windsor, Berkshire with the purchase of the 20,000-sf Chapel House from Hermes Property Asset Management to show an initial yield of 6.85%.