The Market
Another super-prime deal goes down on Avenue Road
A big sale has gone through on leafy Avenue Road in St John's Wood, just a few weeks after a neighbouring mansion changed hands for over £40m.
‘The volume of sales for properties over £1.5m has reached a plateau’
The volume in sales for properties over £1.5m looks set to fall for the first time in two years, according to 44-branch estate agency Jackson-Stops & Staff, despite year-on-year growth 36% from 2012-2014.
Westminster moves to halt mega-basement ‘epidemic’
Just a few months after RBKC claimed victory in its long-running war on mega-basements, Westminster has announced plans to tackle a so-called “underground epidemic” across central London.
Shelling Out: PM pledges action on ‘dirty money’ in UK’s luxury property market
David Cameron has announced a crackdown on the purchase of UK properties via "anonymous shell companies".
1.1% monthly rise pushes house prices over 2007 peak
A 1.1% increase between May and June gives an annual price increase of 5.
Buyers and sellers face removals headache in summer rush
A top end removals company has predicted some serious supply and demand issues over the coming weeks, as buyers scramble to get settled in time for the new school term.
Tide turns in UK’s waterfront market as average premium surges to 70%
A prime waterfront property is now worth an average of 70% more than a similar property inland, according to new analysis of homes along the UK's waterways and coastlines.
Historic Cheyne Walk mansion sells for £1m over asking
It sounds like Cheyne Walk is about to get yet another famous resident, in the shape of the former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg.
New Kensington Lettings Manager for Harrods Estates
Harrods Estates has hired Sam Wright to head up the lettings department of its new office on Kensington Church Street.
Homeowner sentiment stays positive for 28th consecutive month
Knight Frank's House Price Sentiment Index has stayed in positive territory for the 28th month a row, with households in all UK regions thinking that property prices rose in July.
Southern Grove lines up £70m west London scheme
Southern Grove and Topland Group have bought up a sizeable retail block in Ealing with designs on a £70m resi-led scheme.
Slump Duty: PCL transactions down by nearly a quarter so far this year
The "profound" effects of Osborne’s SDLT reforms on the PCL market are only just becoming clear, according to one of the capital's biggest estate agencies.