The Market
Bulgari penthouse sale crowns £120m year for VanHan
VanHan - Thomas van Straubenzee and Rory Penn's super-prime advisory firm - had a particularly strong 2014 by all accounts; we're told the Mayfair-based outfit completed on over 20 top-end deals, including a …
‘Terrifying’ Redrow promo video causes a stir
National housebuilders aren't known for pushing the boundaries - in an arty sense anyway - but a marketing video for Redrow's new London Collection has got tongues wagging all over the internet for its…
Prime Scottish market rallies to beat proposed tax hike
A strong finish to 2014 for Scottish prime property, as prices rose by 1% during the fourth quarter to take annual growth to +2.1%, says Knight Frank.
That's a bit better than 2013's +1
Jailhouse Stock: New gaols for City & Country
The specialist heritage developer behind last year's dramatic £25m swoop on the former Police College at Bramshill has been confirmed as the buyer of four historic former prisons across the UK.
London’s Pride #1: The top ten best performing boroughs & markets
The centre cannot hold, notes CBRE in its annual "Hot 100" report, as a widening price gyre spreads from central London to the greater capital
Why the UK property industry needs to rethink its definition of ‘Prime Resi’
In 2015, 'Prime Residential' should mean high quality homes in sought after addresses across the UK, not just in Central London, says house building boss Bob Weston...
Notorious Marylebone mansion sold for ‘knockdown’ £25m
One of the most infamous properties in London just got more so, after reportedly being snapped up by a wealthy smut peddler
Prime central London ‘has begun to absorb stamp duty changes’ – Knight Frank
Five years of political dilly-dallying over high-value property taxation has meant that there's been a "composed reaction" to the Autumn Statement's SDLT reform, notes Knight Frank, as prices in central…
The London Exodus: 50% more Londoners cash in on price chasm
The number of Londoners leaving the big smoke to set up home leapt by 50% in 2014, says Hamptons, as buyers look to cash-in on the price gap that's become more of a chasm
Average house prices in Southwark have risen by over 27% in the past year
Annual house price growth dropped to 7.1% in November after a 0.1% drop in October, according to the latest from the Land Registry.
London's managed +17.4
FORECASTS 2015: A review of property market predictions
There's a pretty broad spread of forecasts amongst the top 15 prime property research units that have thrown in their numbers so far
The Harrods Effect: Is a shop the heart of Knightsbridge?
Harrods Estates has made play to position itself at the centre of the HNW London, using Dataloft to map some "huge jumps in property value the closer a resident lives to the store" and setting out a "…