Properties
60% of London’s homes now sold off-plan – CBRE
Pre-completion sales across the capital have reached record levels, according to CBRE, with three in five homes now sold before they are built.
Comedy of Manors: Why William Cash is banning the WI
Opening a historic home to the public is no tea party, discovers William Cash as he gets into hot water with the W.I. during a Wodehouse-worthy episode at Upton Cressett.
Grouse estate will “set the benchmark” for this year’s demand
Savills has launched an historic Scottish estate with grouse moor today, on The Glorious Twelfth, and expects its reception from buyers to "set the benchmark for the level of demand in Scotland this year."
Ballymore goes for the big picture
Here's a snappy marketing idea from the Ballymore Group...
Candy goes underground at Gordon House
Christian Candy is planning to create one of the biggest resi basement complexes in London under his new family pad, Gordon House in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
House Tales: Holdenby House, Northamptonshire
Whatever became of this extraordinary palace, once hailed as the country's largest private house? The National Archives' Nicholas Kingsley investigates...
Arrested Developments: The Doer Upper’s update
It's turning into a long Summer for our resident doer-upper Alan Page, as development matters take their sweet time to develop into a margin-worthy sale.
Homes Shopping: Boles announces retail-to-resi permitted development rights
Planning Minister Nick Boles has announced a new batch of permitted development rights under a "town centre first" banner, including the right to turn non-prime retail sites and agricultural buildings…
Native Land gets planning nod for £300m Mayfair scheme
Developer Native Land had a corking result at last night's Westminster Planning & City Development Committee meeting, where approval was finally granted for the firm's £300m Old Burlington Street scheme.
Spink to spank up £140m Carlton Gardens mansion
Ultra-prime developer plans to convert No. 3 into a single residence
Making the Grade: How to stay on the right side of heritage property laws
Legal eagle Nicky Richmond runs us through some of the big questions to ask before getting all romantic...
TfL invites tenders for resi scheme at iconic Art Deco HQ
London Underground's Grade I listed HQ at 55 Broadway, above St James's Park tube station, is to be converted into prime residential units, with TfL now on the hunt for an architect to take on the scheme.