Finance
Resi yields drop but investor activity accelerates – Cluttons
The pace of growth for residential investments slowed up in Q2, leaving capital values 15.9% up on the year.
Average house price grew half as quickly in Q2 (+3
London Uberground: Housing markets along the ‘ginger line’ outperform
One of London's least-celebrated transport links - the 'ginger line' - has actually had a profound effect on the property markets it passes through, according to Hamptons International's reckoning.
Suite Dreams: Where is the most expensive place to sleep in London?
London has been named as the world's most expensive city to rent a five-star hotel room, luxury serviced flat or rental apartment.
Short term lender expects to hand out £1bn this year
Christian Candy’s bridging finance house Omni Capital is expecting to dish out £1bn in short term loans by the end of this year.
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Institutional property investors get CGT exemption
The Government's consultation into the "significant reform" of the Capital Gains Tax system, which looked out at how far non-resident property buyers will be hit, concluded last week.
INTERVIEW: Triangle Group’s Rick Denton on buying Holborn Links and building investments
Prized four-acre swathe of London's Midtown bought in one of the biggest deals of 2014 so far
Hadley completes Chelsea Island acquisition with £48m bridge
Luxury developer Hadley Property Group has completed the acquisition of a prime development site next to the Chelsea Design Centre in Chelsea Harbour with a chunky bridging loan from Omni Capital.
Chinese investment into London resi leaps 84% in a year
Outbound investment from China to London has ballooned over the last 12 months, making it the most popular global destination for Chinese investment after a series of pushes from Mayor Boris et al to make…
Harrods Bank joins the CML
Harrods Bank - the independent private bank that operates out of the Knightsbridge shop and calls itself "one of London's best kept secrets" - is the latest firm to become a member of the Council of M…
Dragonfly hits £1bn lending target
Alternative lender Dragonfly Property Finance has smashed the £1bn lending target it set itself back in 2009.
CIT bolsters Investments division with new MD
Private equity real estate behemoth CIT has just appointed Biren Amin to lead its Investments division.
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World in London #4: Who’s Next?
In the fourth and final part of Savills' World in London 2014 report, Yolande Barnes asks which nationalities will be making an impact on London's property market in five years' time.