The Market
‘London’s property market has shifted in favour of buyers’ – Hanover Private Office
The focus of the capital's property market has shifted "from bubbles to cooling conditions," says multi-family office Hanover, as more vendors cut asking prices and price growth shifts from astronomical…
Video Gains: Could video streaming change the face of prime property marketing?
The revolution - in the property industry at least - is being televised.
Crunch Time: Inside the skills shortage threatening PCL’s future growth
Nowhere is the construction skills shortage being felt more keenly than in London's prime resi sector. Build costs are rising, projects are stalling and in some cases, not even starting.
CASE STUDY: From degenerate pub to Chelsea des res
Gary Linton has managed to turn a grotty drinking establishment on the Fulham Road into a boutique apartment scheme that's selling like proverbial hotcakes.
Atelier unveils two mega-mansions in Highgate
Super-prime projects on Bishopswood Road
FORECAST: 2015 to be ‘reverse image’ of 2014 – Winkworth
Next year will mirror this year's market, says Winkworth, with May's election as the pivot point between a quiet first half and a following rally.
Cornish resort to ban new holiday homes?
St Ives, the properly lovely artists' retreat / fishing town / home of a Tate in Cornwall, is drawing up plans that might stop the construction of any new holiday homes.
RBKC dishes out record number of planning enforcement notices
RBKC's Planning Enforcement Team has been out in force in 2014, issuing an unprecedented number of notices on developments right across the borough.
Letter from the Home Counties: When only the best of the best will do
'Best of the best' instructions are still selling - and breaking records - in Surrey and Berkshire, says Garry Collins, but next year's spring market may not end up flourishing until the summer...
Stock piles up in Paris as the market grinds to a halt
In the wake of new regulations imposed by the Government, the Paris property market has effectively reached a standstill.
FORECAST: Mansion tax could mean a 10% fall for superprime London next year – Savills
Savills has issued forecasts for two scenarios for the prime market in 2015: one with and one without a mansion tax. It makes quite a difference...
7 Solutions to the Housing Supply Conundrum: Unpicked
Delivery of more housing - ideally something close to a quarter of a million new homes a year - is topping out many agendas as May's electioneering gathers pace.