The Market
Knight Frank reissues resi forecasts; splits PCL into East and West
Knight Frank has taken another look at its predictions (the last review was in November), adding in a few "new challenges" now faced by the UK market.
Cogress raises £8m in 22 days
Alternative investment outfit Cogress has raised £8m in a mere 22 days after completing a £3.9m investment for a mixed-use scheme in north London.
U+I wins Albert Embankment development gig
Selected by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority
Holland Park mansion goes for over £53m
A glorious period villa in Holland Park has been tucked away at a whopping £53,489,500.
Central Nervous: PCL continues to lag outer prime London markets
Average prime London values dipped in Q1, says Savills, as Brexit nerves and global economic uncertainty cancelled out any kind of pre-SDLT deadline boost.
Collegiate AC launches ‘prestige living’ PRS platform
The team behind luxury student accommodation provider Collegiate AC is looking to pimp the private rented sector (PRS), by rolling out a new service aimed at high-flying graduates and well-to-do professionals.
Buy-to-let ‘remains strong despite surcharge’ – Douglas & Gordon
Investing in buy-to-let properties is still a strong plan regardless of the new 3% SDLT levy, says Douglas & Gordon, as it records above-inflation rent rises across its "emerging prime" segment of West…
‘Definitive’ single UK House Price Index to launch in June
Details of the new single UK House Price Index (UK HPI) - an official amalgam of the ONS and Land Registry, due to launch properly in June - have been released, including a handy comparison of how historic…
In Pictures: The UK’s ‘most expensive conservatory’
Thanks to being affixed to a grand Mayfair apartment, this common or garden conservatory was valued at £750k in its own right this week.
Now you see them, now you don’t: Will vendors learn from the experience of 2015?
The market out there is robust, just so long as sellers don’t get greedy, says top PCL buying agent Saul Empson...
Vendors ‘staying on after completion’ as buyers try to beat tax deadline
Vendors and buyers in PCL have found an unusual workaround to beat the SDLT surcharge deadline, according to JLL-owned Knightsbridge agency W.A.Ellis.
£7.7m show apartment and David Bailey art gallery unveiled at The Chilterns
The first completed apartment has been unveiled at Marylebone's exclusive The Chilterns scheme, along with the first art gallery to be set within a luxury new-build apartment building in the capital.