The Market
John Taylor debuts in Germany with new Berlin base
Luxury real estate brokerage John Taylor has boosted its tally of global offices to 21 after opening up a Berlin operation.
Present Sense: Why sellers shouldn’t wait until spring
The combined effects of Stamp Duty reform, Mortgage Reviews and a General Election may have have kept a firm lid on transactions and prices during 2015, but Strutt & Parker has reported "signs of life"…
Number of £500k+ stamp duty bills in prime London rockets by 64%
High value property transactions have slumped in the last year, as a major reform of the stamp duty system significantly upped the cost of moving at the £1m+ level.
PCL price growth sinks to six-year low (but at least viewings are on the up)
Annual price growth in prime central London fell to 0.9% in November, Knight Frank has reported. A monthly decline of 0.3% took the yearly rate down to the lowest it's been since October 2009.
South Ken garden up for auction at £175k
One of SW7's loveliest communal gardens is due to go under the hammer later this month.
Sotheby’s ramps up RDI activity with raft of high-profile launches
The UK arm of Sotheby's International Realty has been upping its Resi Development & Investment game lately, bagging instructions across three new high-end schemes in London.
Buy-to-Let Stamp Duty: What the new surcharge means for the property market
After George Osborne used his Autumn Statement to drop a surprise bombshell on the property investment sector, tacking an extra 3% SDLT levy on second homes and buy-to-let properties, Savills has produced…
Knightsbridge tipped as 2016’s ‘place to bag a bargain’
'Leading the way in terms of price drops compared with the other prime residential boroughs'
Special Delivery: Sager and Cain Hoy unveil £400m Islington Square scheme
Sager Group and Cain Hoy have lifted the lid on their much-anticipated reimagining of the ginormous former North London Royal Mail Centre.
‘Wonderfully fruitful’ Q3 in the West End – CBRE
CBRE has reported a "wonderfully fruitful" quarter in the West End, with a 78% rise in sales activity compared with Q2. Sales so far this year are now up 41% on the same period last year.
Global house prices ‘step up a gear’ as all eyes turn to the Fed
Knight Frank's Global House Price Index increased by 2.7% in the year to September 2015, as five of the 55 tracked countries posted double-digit growth and the pace of China's decline slowed.
Bloomsbury mansion block sells off air space after unexcavated basement goes for £150k
If you missed out on the unexcavated basement beneath this Bloomsbury mansion block last month, you can now snap up the empty air space above it.