The Market
Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia take the lead in PCL capital growth stakes
New research from Carter Jonas has named Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia as prime central London's current top performers in terms of capital value growth.
Records reveal flurry of super-prime deals lodged during last week of ‘mad March’
Official records have shed some light on a slew of super-prime transactions registered during the last week of March.
Buyers ‘still doing battle’ at auction
We hear some 2,000 buyers rocked up to Allsop's latest resi auction at the Cumberland Hotel, spending a combined £63m between them.
Cornish resorts line up to ban new holiday homes
Cornish resort towns are lining up to follow St Ives in banning the construction of new holiday homes.
Opportunity Knocks: London’s best super-prime fixer-uppers
You'd be forgiven for assuming that all of the houses in London's top addresses had, by now, been painted in muted tones and scented with notes of sandalwood.
Khan moots six-month ‘first dibs’ period for London buyers
London's new Mayor has been talking about forcing developers to market new schemes solely in the capital for the first six months as a condition of planning.
Sandbanks named UK’s most expensive seaside town
Halifax's annual look at the UK's most expensive towns sees Sandbanks lead Salcombe and Padstow in the top three.
Heath Hall hits the rental market
Heath Hall, dubbed “the most expensive house listed on the open market” when it was launched at £100m back in 2011, has come up for rent.
Housebuilding starts and completions slip 9%
The number of new housebuilding starts in Q1 was 9% lower than in the same period a year earlier, according to the latest numbers from the Office of National Statistics.
Long-established Hampshire agency sold out of administration
One of Hampshire's oldest estate agencies has been sold out of administration, saving all 32 jobs.
Ready to Grow: £15m ‘super-home’ project goes up for sale in Notting Hill
A fully packaged-up opportunity to create a 10,000 square foot "super-home" on one of west London's best turnings has hit the market at £14.95m.
Government moots seven-day mortgage switching
The government has mooted a plan to make switching all kinds of consumer services - including mortgage lenders - a lot quicker and easier for homeowners.