The Market
Corporate and overseas demand fuels Home Counties rent rises
Nearly half (47%) of new tenancies sorted out by Knight Frank in the Home Counties between April and June were to international tenants, as the firm's latest rental index shows Home Counties rents rising…
MHA spends £20m on trio of Bayswater townhouses
Investment and development outfit MHA Associates has bagged a trio of stucco-fronted townhouses on Inverness Terrace.
Should Stamp Duty be paid by the seller?
Glentree boss offers some possible solutions for The Chancellor to consider in his Emergency Budget
Barratt London launches ‘most luxurious homes to date’
The high-end arm of housebuilder Barratt has lifted the lid on a clutch of penthouses in Westminster, billed as "the most luxurious homes it has delivered to date".
Top end London property agents targeted in undercover Channel 4 sting
Directed and produced by Dan Reed, whose previous work includes hard-hitting documentaries like The Paedophile Hunter and Terror In The Mall
Top end buyers remain cautious in ‘fully taxed’ prime central London
Prime properties in London saw their values tick upwards by an average of 1.6% over the last three months, but they're still 0.7% below where they were at this point in 2014.
Dukelease unveils £150m Oxford Street scheme
A swanky new scheme has just been unveiled on the formerly-forgotten-about eastern section of Oxford Street.
CBRE ramps up resi lettings offering in London
CBRE has been ploughing more investment into its burgeoning resi business; the firm has significantly strengthened its lettings capability in the capital with a raft of new hires.
James Thornett
The Blue Budget: Prime property’s wants, needs and expectations
There's a palpable sense of positivity in the high-value property industry about this week's "Blue Budget." Well, more so than usual for a Budget week.
Prime global rents lose momentum as emerging markets stall
Prime rents around the world are rising, on average, by 1.3% a year according to Knight Frank's latest spot check. That's significantly down from the rate of 3.5% recorded a year ago.
Planning surge puts London’s new homes targets within touching distance
The number of new homes being approved by the capital's planners accelerated by 73% in the first three months of the year, with 11,870 new residential units across 1,553 separate sites entering the pipeline…
Huge rise in PCL tenancies as buyers turn to let
One of PCL's top lettings agencies has reported a massive 94% year on year increase in tenancies, seemingly driven by disappointed buyers giving up on the idea of finding their perfect pad.