The Market
Lurot Brand opens up in Notting Hill
Sales and lettings agency Lurot Brand has added to its central London network with a shiny new shop front in W11.
Redrow tops £1bn in turnover as it pulls back from PCL
Giant housebuilder Redrow has "curtailed" its land buying in super-prime areas of London in response to the softening market.
Hong Kong trumps London & New York as world’s highest value resi location
Hong Kong has held onto its crown as the world’s highest value residential location, recording an average price per square foot way above that of London or New York.
Uncertainty in Chinese stock market ‘likely to drive appetite for London property’
China’s economic crisis sent shockwaves through markets across the world, but Chinese investors are likely to continue investing in reliable overseas assets, including London property, says Black Brick's Camilla…
‘Tate Modern style’ house on Glebe Place asks £14m
Glebe Place is one of Chelsea's most intriguing turnings for a number of reasons; first and foremost for being where Uncle Monty resided in great splendour in cult film Withnail & I (at Number 35).
PCL buyers in restrained mood as price growth falls to five-year low
August is usually pretty quiet in prime central London, but a combo of higher stamp duty and global financial turmoil put buyers in particularly restrained mood this time around.
Prime Property of the Week: Hammer Prime
Eaton Square, Belgravia
£500k+
Prime central London rental growth slows as stock levels stay up
Rental value growth in prime central London has dropped to its lowest quarterly level since April 2014, says Knight Frank, as demand dropped in August but supply levels stayed high.
Stocks & Scares: How will China’s financial turmoil affect the UK property market?
The UK resi market may have lost some of the 'like-to-buys’ recently, but there is still no better place to invest your money, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Housebuilder warns on ‘severe’ lack of construction workers
Major housebuilder Weston Homes has warned that a "severe" shortfall in skilled workers is the biggest challenge facing the industry as it aims to hit the Government's target of 200,000 new homes…
£30m Surrey super-home offered off-the-shelf
Hush Developments and Surrey agency Barton Wyatt have begun pitching HNW buyers with an off-the-shelf mega-home that could be worth up to £30m and take around two years to build.
Agency calls for urgent SDLT review as top end deals tumble
A Knightsbridge estate agency has beseeched the Government to reconsider the new stamp duty pricing structure after it emerged that £2m+ sales have fallen by 38% in London.