The Market
Pocket Guides: Marylebone Village
Did you know that properties overlooking the north side of Hyde Park have increased in value by 211% over the past ten years?
House prices set for a fall – but not a crash – next year
Average UK house prices are likely to drop for the first time since 2009 next year, according to the latest batch of forecasts by the Centre for Economics & Business Research, as "the market is adjusting…
Prime global rents soften; London prime rents stand 23% above 2008’s post-Lehman level
Rents in global prime cities have dropped a touch, says Knight Frank, although the rate of decline is slowing in the world's key financial centres...
‘Sharp declines’ in asking prices expected, but little change for achieved values
Forecast season is off to an early start this year, with Chestertons following hard on CEBR's heels for a first look at 2015's tea leaves.
Who will live in a house like this?
Stock levels up 30% as demand cools: A London market overview – Chestertons
Some lovely stats and graphs in Chestertons' new London Property Market Overview.. Here's a digest:
Mainstream London Sales Market
PCL projects under threat as developers face ‘concerning’ construction shortages
The delivery challenge facing developers and investors in prime central London has never been greater, according to a new report by consultancy EC Harris, which predicts that some projects in the capital's…
What will become of Burford Priory?
Unofficial monarchs of the Chipping Norton set Matthew Freud and Elisabeth Murdoch probably didn't appreciate all that newspaper coverage over the weekend, but such is life that speculation has already…
Battersea Power Station Phase 3: Prices & interiors revealed
Here's a first peek at how Battersea Power Station's Phase 3 apartments are going to look.
Lib Dems abandon ‘crude’ mansion tax in favour of new Council Tax bands
Just a few days after Labour threw itself behind a Mansion Tax on £2m+ properties, The Liberal Democrat party has overhauled its Mansion Tax plans, proposing the introduction of new Council Tax bands…
BoJo sorts out green light for Mount Pleasant
One of the largest - and most controversial - schemes in central London has finally been given the thumbs up by Mayor Boris Johnson.
Vertical Horizon: Investing in the future of London’s skyline
An extraordinary profusion of new structures will dramatically alter the shape of London's horizon over the next few years, including the 64-storey 'The Pinnacle' and the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed…
Carter Jonas acquires another SW London agency
Hot on the heels of the JLL and W.A.Ellis merger this week, we hear Carter Jonas has also just fortified its resi presence in the capital by acquiring a high-end, two-office independent in SW London.