The Market
Big sales boost for Foxtons but Q2 looks ‘challenging’
Foxtons has reported a chunky rise in sales commissions in Q1 as buyers rushed to complete before the April stamp duty deadline.
Total group revenue worked out at £38.
Record price achieved on Hyde Park Gardens Mews
Lurot Brand has tucked away a house on Hyde Park Gardens Mews at a punchy £2,326 per square foot, thereby earning the street the title of "W2's most expensive mews".
The buyer paid £3.
Rubies & Rusticarians: The five tribes revolutionising English village life
"The 21st-century village is not the quaint place of yesterday" says Strutt & Parker, as it analyses the evolution of the English idyll from twee Cranford to a dynamic mini-hub populated by Rusticarians,…
Chelsea Barracks apartments ‘already selling at £4,500 psf’
It's been claimed that Qatari Diar has already sold off a batch of super-prime units at Chelsea Barracks, ahead of the official launch later this year.
Buyer saves £750k by beating stamp duty deadline
It's come to light that a buyer in north London saved himself a handy £744,000 by pushing his £25m purchase through a few hours before the 3% stamp duty surcharge came into effect.
‘Real momentum’ for Countrywide as exchanges rocket 30% in Q1
The number of property exchanges done by Britain's biggest property services group, Countrywide Plc, bounced up by nearly a third in the first three months of the year compared to Q1 2015.
Camden to follow RBKC in publishing planners’ advice
Camden Council has decided to publish its confidential pre-application planning advice after Kensington & Chelsea pioneered the idea earlier this year.
Historic Hackwood Park hits the open market
An important country pile in Hampshire has become one of the most significant open-market instructions of 2016 so far.
Showtime for Stanhope as buyers descend on BBC Television Centre
BBC Television Centre developer Stanhope has reported being "overwhelmed" by the response from punters at Saturday's official sales launch, as some brave souls stuck out a cold, damp April night for…
PCL property price growth slows to a six-year low as London’s prime landscape shifts
It's all change in prime central London, as the annual rate of residential property price growth slowed to just 0.8% in March;
One Hyde Park apartment up for £22,500 a week
A 4,000 square foot, park-facing unit in Candy & Candy's One Hyde Park has just hit the rental market at £22,500 a week.
Brexit worries driving the downturn? Don’t make me laugh…
For the government to blame the increase in unemployment on Brexit worries is so fatuous as to be laughable, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...