The Market
More woes for PCL as top-end prices and transactions tumble further
Following another dip in Q4, average prices per square foot across prime central London ended the year down -3.7% on an annual basis, according to the latest figures from LonRes.
Chestertons opens up in Richmond
Chestertons has opened the doors to its 34th London office.
The all-new Richmond Hill base will cover the wider Richmond area and link up with existing branches in Kew, East Sheen, Barnes and Chiswick.
The average London property price increased by 12.4% in 2015
Average property prices across England and Wales increased by 6.4% last year, after pushing up by 1.2% in December, according to the latest from the Land Registry.
Right to Rent: Landlords face fines of up to £3k as of Monday
As of next week, landlords and letting agents in the UK will have to add detailed "right to rent" checks to their - already lengthy - to-do lists when granting new tenancy agreements.
The Gilded Youth: Attracting the next generation of wealth
The market moved away from typecasting the buyer as being a particular nationality some time ago and we can now add age into the mix, says Joe Burns.
Supply of available housing has ‘almost halved’ in ten years – NAEA
The supply of available housing "has almost halved in ten years", according to the latest National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) December Housing Market report, with an average of 37 properties available…
‘Relatively overlooked’ Queen’s Park goes into overdrive
Posting price growth of 9.
Halcyon Day: North London mansion goes for ‘not far off’ £32.5m
It's still only January, but one of the biggest deals of 2016 has been confirmed up in Hampstead Garden Suburb.
‘Significant increase’ in African and UK overseas buyers in PCL
There was a "significant increase" in the number of African and UK buyers from abroad in prime central London in Q4 compared to the previous year, says Strutt & Parker.
Baltimore Tower penthouses launched after first phase sell-out
Galliard has released a fresh batch of units at its major new Canary Wharf scheme, including the pair of "opulent" duplex penthouses.
‘Domesday Book’ of London’s public land goes live
A comprehensive "Domesday Book" of all the public land in London has been unveiled online.
All the property in the world is worth $217 trillion – Savills
"The entire developed property universe" is worth roughly US$217tr, with residential real estate accounting for the lion's share, according to some sums by Savills; that's around 2.