The Market
Profit blow for Winkworth but ‘improved’ housing market ahead
Winkworth has reported a "particularly slow" year in the PCL market and warned that profits for 2015 will be "slightly below market expectations".
Is the new Electronic Communications Code good news for developers?
Proposed new rules for landowners and developers dealing with on-site telecoms paraphernalia sound like a win, says Thekla Fellas of Fladgate LLP, but there's still room for crossed wires...
Housing supply jumps 25% as new-builds and conversions soar – HMRC
170,690 new homes were added to England's total housing supply in 2014-15, representing a massive 25% increase in net additional dwellings from 2013-14, according to the latest from HMRC.
Goldsmith Vs Khan: What does London’s mayoral race mean for the property sector?
The race for London Mayor is all about personalities, says CBRE's Jennet Siebrits, as Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith duke it out on housing, Heathrow and infrastructure.
52 units added to Mayfair & St James’s pipeline in Q3
Mayfair and St James’s planning pipeline saw just 52 units added in Q3 2015, according to some new analysis by Strutt & Parker.
237 units are now under construction across the two areas.
Uncertainty has ‘filtered out’ of the prime country house market
Q3 saw a marked recovery in the £2m+ country house market, with transaction levels not far off Q4 2014.
New sales boss for Hamptons in Hertfordshire
Hamptons has hired Jamie Reynolds to lead its high-performing St Albans sales team.
H.G. Wells book club flat claims West End’s longest available lateral frontage
A £3.65m pad in Marylebone has just been launched onto the market claiming to be the longest apartment currently available in London's West End.
Central London’s property market is becoming ‘much more positive’ – CBRE
Central London's property market is "much more positive" compared to the first half of the year, says CBRE, although it's still too soon to make a call on whether we're in for a sustained growth patch.
Adverse Effects: Squatters, property developers, landowners and the law
In the wake of recent high-profile cases involving a property on Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, the former Stock Exchange building in Manchester and land near the Magna Carta memorial in Surrey, Nick Martyn…
‘Britain’s biggest private house’ goes for £8m
The sale of Wentworth Woodhouse, one of England's finest houses, was confirmed over the weekend.
First 180 Television Centre homes sell out (with 150 going to UK buyers)
It's been reported that the first 180 units planned for inside BBC Television Centre have already been spoken for.