The Market
Housing supply is ‘increasing markedly’ as UK-wide planning permissions rise
The number of initial planning permissions approved across Great Britain has risen steadily every year since 2009, says The Home Builders' Federation (HBF), with actual housing supply also "increasing…
Have boffins worked out how to predict the next up-and-coming neighbourhood?
Forget skips and Starbucks' - researchers from Cambridge, Birmingham, Queen Mary and UCL have put forward some compelling ideas on how location-based social networks could foretell the gentrification…
Prices fall across England & Wales; ‘Gears grinding’ in prime London heartlands
The latest HPI reading from the Land Registry has shown a monthly price decrease of -0.5% across England & Wales, bringing the annual change to 6.7%.
In London a marginal monthly uplift of 0.
Picky planning is ‘contributing to a completely unfair and immoral housing shortfall’
"Change isn't happening", says Stirling Ackroyd's Andrew Bridges as new figures show that the number of new homes granted planning permission in London has plummeted by 64% in the last year, with…
Chelsea agency makes a move on Spain
Longstanding Chelsea estate agency Maskells has teamed up with an overseas partner to offer clients access to prime Spanish stock.
Villa Colorado in Marbella, on the market at €11.9m
Emerging Prime values hold up as younger buyers move in
Douglas & Gordon's latest statistics provide further confirmation that London's centre cannot hold, as house prices in "emerging prime" areas drift down at a slower rate than in prime proper for the second…
Planning approvals for new homes in London tumble by 64%
Four in ten new London homes were rejected by planners in Q1, as the total number of approvals tumbled by 64% compared to the same period last year - although Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea approved…
Merchant Land unveils new Marylebone scheme
Boutique developer Merchant Land has pulled the covers off this rather handsome Georgian-inspired scheme in London's Marylebone.
A-list Caribbean holiday home asks $60m
Chestertons has been instructed to sell a famous celebrity haunt on the west coast of Barbados.
Portal names ‘biggest spenders’ in the luxury property market
High-end international property portal LuxuryEstate.
In Pictures: Inside the incredible Woolmers Park Estate
With 232 acres of completely private land, a Grade II* listed Georgian country house, a famous polo club and some serious provenance, Woolmers Park Estate in Hertfordshire is what you'd call "the whole…
Volumes up but prices down in Scotland
The latest Registers of Scotland figures have shown an 18.2% year-on-year rise in resi transactions in Q1, although the average property price fell by 8.4%.