The Market
Vote Building: How is the election affecting London’s residential development market?
Central London's property market "is still busy below £1m but has quietened between £1.
Period Passivhaus: Grosvenor retrofits create London’s greenest period rental properties
Following up on its BREEAM Outstanding-rated retrofit in Belgravia, Grosvenor is bringing home even more from the sustainability front, retrofitting three rental properties in Mayfair and Belgravia…
97% more Londoners look to buy in Edinburgh
Property prices in Edinburgh rose by 1.2% between January and March 2015, to take annual growth to +4.1%, as buyers look to complete deals ahead of tomorrow's (1st April) tax changes, says Knight Frank.
Mayfair set to breach £6,000 psf this year as Indian investors drive the market up
NW8-based boutique agency Rescorp Residential has netted a £5,000 psf sale on South Audley Street W1, and predicts that Mayfair prices will breach £6,000 psf by the end of the year as Indian investors move…
RBKC names new planning chief
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has appointed a new Executive Director for Planning and Borough Development to replace the outgoing Jonathan Bore.
Sub-Letting Go: Just how significant are the proposed changes to short term tenancy agreements?
Although there was no property tax 'bomb shell' in this year's Budget, buried deep in the small print were some proposed changes to short term tenancy agreements.
Brighton’s Hanningtons Estate ‘a snip’ at £50m
A significant chunk of Brighton's old town has been put up for sale.
The former Hanningtons Department store in Brighton
Flurry of sales for political pied-a-terres
Three separate pied-a-terres in one of Westminster’s most popular residential blocks for MPs have gone under offer within two weeks of each other, as the countdown to the General Election begins.
Opportunity Knocking: ‘Act now’ if you want a great deal in prime central London
Those able to move quickly may get a property that will look very good value in just a few months, says buying agent Nathalie Hirst...
Full Frontal: HNW tenants pay £200k up-front in ‘frenzied’ PCL rental market
One in five new tenancies in prime central London is being let with six-to-12 months' rent - typically around the £200,000 mark (including deposit but excluding letting agent's fees) - being paid up-front,…
Foreign real estate investors look to Africa’s growth cities
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Luxury developer buys former Unite offices for £25m
The former offices of the trade union Unite in West London are to be turned into luxury flats.