Properties
Northacre puts £10m into 1 Palace Street
Northacre is putting £10m into a special purpose vehicle to develop 1 Palace Street, next-door to Buckingham Palace, and expects to complete on the former DFID offices in January 2014.
Right time for Greenwich as riverside schemes surge
Proving there's more to SE10 than extraordinarily good beer and the birth of standardised time, Greenwich in SE London is currently undergoing a renaissance of neptunian proportions.
Versace mansion sells for knockdown $41.5m
Gianni Versace's (former) mansion in Miami has sold for $41.5m (£26.1m), not quite making the original $125m (£78.6m) asking price, as marketed year.
G&T restoration just the tonic for Islington
Some people really deserve to have streets and squares named after them.
An engineer called Hugh Myddelton - who was knocking around in the 1600s - is one of them.
High (Blood) Pressure Sales: The stress of development
The gentleman developer's life is one of stress, strife and stuttering sales, says our resident Doer Upper Alan Page...
Forward March: Chelsea Barracks works to start in “early November”
After five years of hand-wringing, head-scratching and the odd outburst from Prince Charles, it looks like the infamous Chelsea Barracks site is finally about to begin its prom queen-style transformation.
Gavel Agents: Savills auction raises over £42m
Bargain hunters were out in force at the Marriott Hotel yesterday, as Savills' September auction raised a blockbusting £42m (£5m more than last year's total).
Block Solid: The enduring appeal of London’s mansion flats
Shiny new-build schemes may grab the headlines, but distinguished mansion blocks remain the connoisseur's choice in W1 and W2, outperforming other flats by 8% since 2007.
Old & Wise: Listed Property Show returns
Much like a classic car club, but with bigger stakes, the Listed Property Owners' Club was set up over twenty years ago to give advice and support to those with a penchant for period property.
Ballymore unveils West Hampstead SQ scheme
The Ballymore Group is about to cut the ribbon on its big new resi-led development in NW London.
65% Off: Record-breaking repo hits the market again
Once dubbed "the grandest house in Scotland", but now tragically better known as "Britain's most expensive repossessed house", Melville House in Fife has come up for sale again with a "knockdown" asking…
Tough at the Top: London’s glut of £50m+ houses
There's been more action at the super-prime end of the market than ever before, according to one of London's top buying agencies.