The Market
Risky Business: How to insure a high-value property
Insuring unusual properties or against out of the ordinary risks can be real challenge - so much so that many high-end home buyers simply don't bother - but Amanda O’Keeffe and Craig McGowan explain why …
Property funds ‘bucking PCL trend’
London Central Portfolio has published advance information from its property fund accounts, claiming the firm's second effort has been "one of the best performing global investments over the last 12 m…
Country house deals surge as buyers beat the second home surcharge
Prime country house prices nudged up by just 0.3% in Q1 2016, taking the annual rate of growth down to +2.4%.
That 2.4% increase is quite the chunk down on 2014's peak annual price growth rate of +5
UK house price growth slows to 7.6% – ONS
Annual UK house price growth measured 7.6% in the year to February, according to the latest from the Office of National Statistics, down from the 7.9% recorded last month
Cornwall Terrace’s ‘key house’ listed for £32m
The principle part of one of London's finest Recency terraces has come up for sale with a princely £32m price tag.
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Game of Zones: Analysing the ‘regeneration uplift’ across London
A new study has unearthed some interesting stats on the wider impact of regeneration in the capital.
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Singapore house listed as £90m ultra-prime development site
A unique development opportunity has been causing a stir over in Singapore.
Asking prices cut on a third of Royal Borough instructions
A third of properties listed for sale in RBKC have had their asking price trimmed, with roughly 40% of homes on the market in Earl’s Court (SW5) having been subject to a price cut, and 35% of those in …
New York has it right on property market transparency – Khan
Labour mayoral hopeful Sadiq Khan has called for New York-style transparency on all property transactions in London
London’s luxury property pipeline peaks, but squeezed margins are pushing investors out
London's prime residential property pipeline is on fire, with over 35,000 new units - worth a grand total of £77bn - expected to come into play over the next ten years.
Don’t kill the golden goose with more tall building ‘mistakes’ – Historic England
Successful architecture is more than a collection of "iconic" objects that might "belong" as much in Dubai as in London, heritage champ Historic England has warned in a withering takedown of the capital's cur…
‘Worrying signs’ in central London as development activity plateaus
Recent government tinkering will have the effect of actually slowing new development in central London, according to new predictions from JLL