The Market
Seven-Figure City: London’s £1m+ Property Map
One in five properties currently listed for sale in London has a price tag of £1m or more, according to new research, with the proportion in the priciest boroughs now approaching two-thirds.
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Behind The Schemes: Inside Tenhurst’s grand revival project in Chelsea
The ambitious transformation of what was originally the Sloane School is one of the most hotly-anticipated schemes in the prime London pipeline
Bearing Down: How has the PCL sales market changed since 2014?
New analysis of 104 postcodes across PCL and SW London has painted a stark picture of how the capital's prime property market has altered - or perhaps more accurately, been altered - since 2014...
Berkeley reports 20% fall in new home reservations
Berkeley Group's latest set of results have shown the impact of Brexit brouhaha - and other converging headwinds - on the giant housebuilder
Manhattan 2020: Visualising a new skyline as the new-build boom returns
New-build apartment sales in Manhattan "are poised to reach a level not seen since last decade’s boom cycle by 2018", says New York brokerage CityRealty, as condominium development activity in the best o…
‘Currency is king’ as overseas investors eye up PCL
International buyers are already lining up to swoop on the prime central London market in the event of a Brexit, according to property search agency Banda.
Vendors’ expectations ‘still rooted in the glory days of Autumn 2014’
The £1.5m+ market in prime central London is still reeling from the SDLT reforms of 2014, says JLL, but it seems homeowners are yet to get the message.
UK HPI’s first airing shows ‘indications of a cooling market’ as annual price growth dips
The first UK House Price Index (UK HPI) - which replaces previous house price indices separately published by the Land Registry and the Office for National Statistics - has just been released, and it t…
Title Fights: Understanding squatters’ rights (or wrongs)
A recent case involving squatters' rights has cut right to the heart of the historic basis of land ownership, exposing the lack of clarity around this area of law. K
Taylor Wimpey Central London buys in Pimlico
Developer Taylor Wimpey Central London has snapped up a "significant" 0.5 acre site in Pimlico, complete with consent for a new mixed-use scheme designed by Sheppard Robson.
Prime Urges: What really motivates London’s vendors to sell up?
Rather than focusing on the results, new research has looked into the reasons why the capital's homeowners decide to come to market in the first place.
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Hit super-rich with ‘one-off’ wealth tax says think tank
Left-leaning think tank The Fabian Society has put forward the idea of a "one-off wealth tax", designed to tap up long-term residents of the UK with £10m+ in assets.