The Market
Johns&Co to open up in Providence Tower
New build agency Johns&Co has decided to set up shop in Ballymore's Providence Tower development.
Instructions on the up as vendors think the market is ‘reaching its zenith’ – D&G
London's homeowners are starting to sell-up in droves as the perception that we've reached the top of the market gains more traction, according to Douglas & Gordon
Pickles promises end to ‘outdated’ short-term renting rules
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has pledged to get rid of laws dating back to the 70s designed to prevent Londoners from renting out their homes on a short-term basis.
Postcode Lottery: Prime Central London’s investment hotspots
SW1X (Belgravia) is London's most expensive postcode and W1D/T (Soho) shows the highest long-term growth history in PCL, but W1T/W (Fitzrovia) is the best bet for property investment according to some…
TfL HQ scheme called into question
A report has threatened to derail plans to sell off Transport for London's Grade I-listed HQ as luxury apartments.
Tax Discredit: Why next year’s CGT changes could be a very bad idea
To continue to attract investors to our country, we need to offer the prospect of stronger returns than our European counterparts and that’s not going to be achieved by hiking up tax bills, says David Ha…
Flower Power: Putting a price on a garden square address
Hamptons International has had a go at working out the premium you'll pay for a property on one of London's top garden squares.
Selling a £30m mansion? There’s an app for that…
A developer has come up with an interesting marketing idea to help shift a 'world-class' country estate on the Isle of Man.
Chinese buyers to become ‘biggest overseas force in London’s property market’ by 2016
Harrods Estates has signed an agency-wide partnership with Chinese mega-portal Juwai.com, as new figures are released on the scale of Chinese investment into the capital's property market.
Brussels Spouting: What a Cheek!
Our European counterparts are burdened with a particularly caustic mix of liabilities, and yet they still have the temerity to talk about our so called ‘overheated’ property market - what a cheek, says Tr…
Whack up taxes on London’s empty homes by 1000% – BoJo
BoJo has called for London councils to 'whack up' taxes on empty homes by a whopping 1000% in a bid to address the capital's housing shortage.
Reversal of fortunes for PCL rental market as values rise again
Rents in prime central London rose for the third month in a row in May, according to Knight Frank, reducing the annual decline to just 1.4%.
Values were up by 0.2