The Market
Grosvenor unveils ‘UK’s most sustainable period rental properties’ in Belgravia
119 Ebury Street was selected by Grosvenor, in collaboration with Westminster Council and Historic England, as a sort of testing ground to see just how green heritage buildings can go
Planning system in gridlock as delays become ‘severe’
The planning system is in "gridlock", according to a new investigation, with developers and homeowners thwarted by "severe" delays in decision making.
UK house prices increased by 8.7% in the year to June, but demand is weakening
The UK's average house prices ticked up by 1% in May to take annual price growth to +8.7% (up from +8.5% last month), according to the latest UKHPI, released today.
Building London: Mapping how development activity in the capital has changed since 1900
This is quite interesting.
Upside Town: Regional prime cities continue to outperform
Property price growth in the country's top prime regional cities - Bristol, Bath and Cheltenham - is still out-gunning most other market segments, says Knight Frank, as an ever-growing imbalance between…
London asking prices drop 2.9% in a month – but it’s just the Summer lull
Fully in line with the normal Summertime lull, says Rightmove
Massive stock surge hits rental prices; London records first annual drop in six years
A flood of properties has hit the lettings market over the last year and it's having a big impact on prices, according to Countrywide - London has just recorded the first annual drop in rents in six…
Camden sets up Design Review Panel
26-strong panel of experts
Shadows of Gentrification: Why we need to know who owns our cities
"The term 'gentrification' does not quite capture the massive changes that have been happening in a growing number of cities worldwide in the last few years"
Westminster named ‘London’s most lenient borough’ after approving 99% of new homes requests
Despite all the Brexit uncertainty, new home approvals in London unexpectedly rose to 6,310 in Q2 2016, with Westminster "soaring ahead" in terms of approvals and applications.
A ‘bumpy ride’ ahead as economic turbulence strikes property markets
The wait-and-see approach is spreading beyond buyers and sellers...
Estate agency regulator issues warning on illegal ‘portal juggling’
Estate agents indulging in "portal juggling" - relisting the same property over-and-over on portals to artificially drum up interest - have been warned that "they could be prosecuted and face a ban from…