Lettings
It’s no fairytale for London’s property managers
It's time for the property management industry to go to the ball, says Rupert Collingwood...
Government property search portal launches
The Government has launched a new property portal - pithily called "Find Me Some Government Space" - that allows developers, investors and prospective tenants to search for publicly-owned buildings and/or…
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.
Uncertain times for prime property
The ever-excellent Lonres Residential Review indulges in a spot of tealeaf reading to get a steer on what’s likely to happen in the prime property market over the coming 12 months.
Prime on the rise as mainstream property struggles
Prime property prices are now 53% higher than their 2009 "post-crisis slump" level, whilst the mainstream market is struggling with the spectre of triple-dip recession, according to a neat summary of where…
Hot January for KFH
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is reporting a virtually bumper start to the year, with 15% more traffic to its website since 1st January than in the same period last year.
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…
Prime Central London rental values to rise 24% in five years
Average prime London rents fell by 1.9% during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the latest research from Savills, leaving annual growth at 0.5%. But it's not as simple as all that...
Central London investments lose momentum
Last year's last quarter saw prime property investments stumble a bit, according to Clutton's latest Residential Investment Monitor.
Berkeleys launch Poole lettings arm
Berkeleys Estate Agents has plunged into 2013 by launching a new lettings and property management division servicing Poole, Canford Cliffs and Sandbanks.
EPC changes confirmed (and clarified)
As Don Foster announced on Tuesday, EPC display rules have been "recast"..
Wealthy foreign students account for a third of prime London tenants
29% of London Central Portfolio's private tenants are rich foreign students, paying an average of £28,878 pa to live in Westminster and prime central London.