Finance
Green Deal goes live
The Government's Green Deal scheme to promote cosy homes and eco-conscious property ownership launches today.
Qatari Diar puts Chelsea Barracks on hold
Qatar's property investment arm, Qatari Diar, has put its £3bn Chelsea Barracks super-prime resi scheme on ice, according to a report in The Guardian.
Cash buyers drop by 20%
Stats from Cluttons show that the number of cash buyers in prime central London dropped by a fifth last year, whilst the proportion of mortgaged buyers doubled.
Grainger and APG launch £349m resi fund
Britain's biggest publicly-traded residential landlord and Europe's largest pension fund asset manager have joined forces to create one of the UK's biggest residential property investment funds.
Oaktree eyeing a Countrywide float
Britain's biggest estate agency network, Countrywide, is reported to be planning to go public once again.
Native Land completes on 30 Old Burlington St
Prime developer Native Land has finally completed on the purchase of a major development site at 30 Old Burlington Street, smack bang in the middle of Mayfair.
New Director of Private Clients for MCIFA
London-based HNW property finance specialist MCIFA has appointed Nick Rees as Senior Partner and Director of its Private Clients division.
Bogus property tycoon convicted
We know that lending was a touch easier to come by a few years ago, but £750m for prime property acquisitions when you don't have a bean? Bit rich.
Asset Class: Prime property vs gold, oil & stocks
Guess which was the best overall investment in 2012...prime London residential property, gold, crude oil, or the FTSE 100?
Up to 40% of purchases in the South East are buy-to-let
The buy-to-let market has picked-up across London and the South-East, according to Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward's new Buy-to-Let Report, and now accounts for 30-40% of all property sales in areas such…
Jones Lang LaSalle gets nod for Battersea Power Station international sales
The residential team at Jones Lang LaSalle has just been announced as Battersea Power Station's international sales agent.
Peer-to-peer lending to hit £1bn in 2014
Peer-to-peer lending is about to have its day, with £1bn being funded this way by 2014, according to one of the industry's early adopters, Dan Rajkumar.
Dan Rajkumar, MD of rebuildingsociety.