The Market
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.
Is there a bubble or an outright recession at the higher end of the London market?
There are very few buyers looking above £10m in London these days, either locally or from abroad, says Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn...
What on earth is everyone going on about?
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.
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…
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.
Inside Peak: Hong Kong’s latest (and greatest) ultra-prime scheme
An extraordinary scheme is taking shape in Hong Kong right now, involving one of the most impressive teams of internationally-renowned architects and designers to be assembled in recent years.
‘Britain’s biggest private house’ goes for £8m
The sale of Wentworth Woodhouse, one of England's finest houses, was confirmed over the weekend.