The Market
‘Two-Speed Europe’ emerges as global house prices nudge up
Residential property prices around the world nudged up by 0.3% in the 12 months to the end of March 2015, according to Knight Frank's latest Global House Price Index.
Stock levels hit lowest point since records began – RICS
The widely-predicted flurry of post-election instructions turned out to be a pretty damp sqib in reality, according to the latest RICS survey.
New SW London office for Hamptons
Estate agency giant Hamptons International has decided to open up a new shop front in leafy south west London.
The new Earlsfield & Southfields offering will debut in June;
Paradise Found: Caribbean markets on the up as government incentives tempt wealthy buyers
Government incentive programmes and an influx of wealthy new buyers are fuelling interest in the Caribbean as a prime resi resort destination, according to new analysis by UHNW insight-mongers Wealth-X.
Derwent unveils new Fitzrovia scheme
Derwent London has just launched its latest scheme in the prime Crossrail pocket between Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street.
£15m Scottish estate to go under the hammer at £3m
Despite being described as "one of the finest houses to be built in Scotland this century", this 547 acre Highlands estate is due to be auctioned off in September at a knockdown price.
1143 sales worth £1.9 billion: A decade in the Scottish prime resi market
A ten-year retrospective of the Scottish housing market has revealed 1,143 £1m+ property sales since 2005, "giving a total market value of over £1.9 billion".
High Street Ken block with 100+ flats sold to private buyer
A private buyer has reportedly just snapped up a key chunk of High Street Kensington.
Flurry of £20m+ trophy homes puts Westminster on the super-prime map
The venerable area of Westminster looks to be firmly establishing itself on the super-prime stage; we hear an unprecedented number of £20m+ trophy homes are currently hitting the market...
Supreme Court passes baton to Parliament in legislating against unfair service charges
An important legal ruling has been handed down by the UK Supreme Court this morning, on whether service charges that leaseholders pay have to reflect the costs actually incurred by the landlord, or whether…
Relativity from the Real World: On leasehold vs freehold valuations
With the Upper Tribunal due to hear conjoined cases on relativity at the end of November, James Wyatt investigates important research into the relationship between freehold and leasehold values, which…
Mayfair now a ‘resort-village’ for super-rich 20-somethings
Mayfair has shaken off its fuddy-duddy image and morphed into a "resort-village" for moneyed 20 and 30-somethings, according to new research into the area's changing face.