Properties
A Frog(nal) worth a kiss
Goldschmidt & Howland are marketing a pretty unique opportunity in Hampstead: a sprawling 60's home set in about an acre of private grounds in the heart of Frognal village, for £15m.
Londonewcastle acquires in Clerkenwell
Property developer Londonewcastle are set to collaborate with new investor and developer The Third Quarter on a collection of new penthouse apartments in one of Clerkenwell's key buildings
Interior Designer sued over One Hyde Park fit-out
An architecture and interior design practice is apparently being sued for £300,000 after a project at One Hyde Park allegedly over-ran by ten months.
Branded Developments: The impact of branding on luxury residential developments
A snazzy address or pithy postcode is just not enough: The most successful new luxury developments are creating entire brand experiences, not just homes, for HNW buyers.
New build values in Mayfair “to triple by 2050”
Shrill accusations and sullen aftermaths - who doesn't love a good old-fashioned "game" of Monopoly? Well it seems the geniuses behind the boardgame were also purveyors of uncannily reliable real estate…
Life on Top (part two)
In the second of a two-part special feature, Dan Crofton looks at penthouse trends and buyer expectations
Mayfair penthouse sells for £19.5m (a 400% price increase in 16 years)
A penthouse on Park Lane has just sold for £19.5m, breaking the £4,000 per square foot barrier and achieving a 400 per cent appreciation since being sold by the same agent in 1996.
£60m prime resi opportunity for Cavendish Square?
A 63,000 square foot block at 19 Cavendish Square has just been put on the market for £60m with Whitmarsh Holt Young, Savills and Jones Lang LaSalle.
New “Gateway to Southwark” planned
Global asset management firm The Carlyle Group is planning to go big in Southwark: the firm is due to submit detailed plans for a 1
Try before you buy
High-end holiday / property company Clarenco is trying to entice buyers for a bunch of its luxury and unusual properties by offering prospective purchasers the chance to try before they buy..
A letter from the Home Counties
In his first column for PrimeResi, Julian Amos scales the security gates to report back from the salubrious suburbs...
HS2: property owners “must act”
So proposals for the HS2 compensation and safeguarding schemes have finally been announced and on-the-ball Knight Frank are urging property owners to act now