The Market
Covent Garden ex-council causes a stir
Dubbed "the UK's most expensive ex-local authority flat"
213 super-prime units due for completion in PCL this year; development market ‘vibrant’
Resi development in the capital remained "vibrant" in Q2, according to new analysis by Cushman & Wakefield, with strong levels of construction starts and sales
At-A-Glance: Prime Central London’s Q2
Cushman & Wakefield has done a very good job of summing up how PCL's top areas performed during Q2.
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PCL’s property market is fragmenting as the top-end collapses – LCP
"The brakes are firmly on at the more expensive end" of the prime central London property market, says Naomi Heaton of London Central Portfolio, as the fast and slow lanes diverge.
Savills partners with Miami firm
Savills has joined forces with a major player on the Florida real estate scene.
60% of London surveyors believe local property is ‘overpriced to some extent’
Buyer demand is continuing to rise while supply conditions "continue to tighten," says the RICS in its July Residential Market Survey.
True Romance: Inside the £20m Somerset heartbreaker
Described as "England's most romantic estate", the achingly beautiful Compton Castle has reportedly just changed hands for around £20m, which would also make it the most expensive property ever sold in So…
Heronslea draws on Mayfair luxe for ‘super-suburb’ scheme
Hertfordshire developer Heronslea Group is hoping to up the luxury stakes in deepest north London with its latest project.
London gears up for £100m short let boom as super-rich descend for the summer
An estimated £50-£100m will be spent on short let serviced apartments in prime central London over the next few weeks, as some of the world's wealthiest descent on the capital for their annual sojourn.
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Kebbell kicks off new Sunningdale project
Hi-spec housebuilder Kebbell Homes has started work on a new scheme to deliver a batch of apartments and a mighty detached residence on Lady Margaret Road in Sunningdale.
Six reasons why China’s Golden Week will be even bigger for UK property this year
As China's stock market volatility spooks even the most hardy of investors, there's a widespread anticipation of an exodus of Chinese money to "safe haven" property markets around the world; Britain is…
Conservation Area Checklist: How to work out if a building ‘makes a positive contribution’
It's one of the key phrases in planning speak, but how do councils decide whether or not a property makes a "positive contribution to the historic and architectural character of a conservation area"?