The Market
Identity Crisis: Property fraud and how to protect against it
Seeing as you can never be too careful, here's legal eagle Ed Allan with a run-through of the most common types of property fraud and some effective preventative measures...
Super-prime Kensington de-conversion project asks £18.85m
An unusual opportunity has come up to create a chunky residence on the hallowed Phillimore Estate in Kensington.
Hands Off Buy-to-Let: Has the BoE been reading too many Daily Mail headlines?
The vast majority of buy-to-let investors are in for the long term, are big net contributors to both the national and local economies, and are right to feel a somewhat opportunist target, says Ed Mead...
Investor buys up entire development in Waterloo
A Chinese investor has swooped on a luxury mixed-use scheme in London's Waterloo, picking up all nine resi units and two floors of commercial space for £15m.
Baroness Thatcher’s former home hits the market at £30m
Ultra-prime Leconfield project is one of the house launches of 2016 so far...
Curtain Up: £750m Shoreditch scheme to transform ‘lost’ Shakespearean site
The curtain has been raised on a showstopping £750m regeneration project in London's Shoreditch, centred around the most important Shakespeare heritage project in the UK for almost 20 years.
Mayfield appoints Squire & Partners on Chelsea police station scheme
Developer locked down the site at the southern end of Lucan Place in December
LonRes launches new Prime London Sales Index
LonRes has launched a new quarterly Prime London Sales Index, which you can expect to hear quoted all over the place from now on.
Haus hires top negotiator from Foxtons
Jamie Lester's Haus Properties has hired one of Foxtons' best sales negotiators to boost its new Fulham operation.
Over half of prime London lets agreed at below asking
The second half of 2015 saw demand fall away and longer void periods open up in the prime London lettings market, says LonRes.
Important Astell Street house asks £8.5m
A Chelsea pile with links to the early feminist movement has come up for sale at £8.5m.
‘A muted start to the year’ as prices edge up in prime central London
It's "a muted start to the year" says Knight Frank, echoing recent sentiments from LonRes, as property prices in prime central London rose by 0.1% in January, edging annual growth up to 1.2%.