The Market
‘The property market in London will now go crazy’ – and other prime resi reactions to a Conservative triumph
The Conservatives will be the power party for the next five years, and they've even got a fully-fledged majority government.
In Pictures: The £15m St John’s Wood gut job
Right in the mixer between chichi Primrose Hill and swanky St John's Wood, Avenue Road is lined with some of the capital's most exclusive detached residences;
Prime Property of the Week: Decimus Maximus
York Terrace East, Regent's Park, London
£8.75m
Available for the first time in 32 whole years, this Grade II listed Crown Estate corker is ripe for a super-prime transformation.
PCL stalwarts show some stamina as Outer Prime runs out of puff
Prime Central London has started to outperform Outer Prime parts of the capital for the first time since June 2013, according to some new stats from the Marsh & Parsons camp.
£421k to £2.6m: What is the price of ‘prime’ across the UK?
In its latest regional report, buying agency Garrington has posed a pretty pertinent question for this publication; what does "prime" mean in property price terms across the UK?
Global luxury property prices now 46% up on 2009’s low-point
Global prime residential property prices increased by 3.9% in the year to March 2015, according to Knight Frank's index, with North America and Australia pulling up the rest of the world.
Manhattan mansion listed for record $80m
One of the last remaining private mansions on Fifth Avenue is up for grabs for an eye-watering $80m. If it goes for anything over $53m, it'll become the priciest townhouse ever sold in NYC.
PCL rents rise faster than house prices – Knight Frank
Rents in prime central London saw their biggest increase in six months in April, rising by 0.5% to take a values increased by 0.5% in April, annual growth to 4.1% - a four-year high.
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Search for new Ombudsman gets underway as Hamer announces retirement
Christopher Hamer, better known as The Property Ombudsman, has announced he'll be stepping down at the end of the year.
Survival of the Fittings: On London’s luxury lettings market
Prime central London rents have risen year-on-year, but levels of tenant demand are falling on all but the highest quality and best presented properties, says Lucy Morton...
Election Special: The prime property industry holds its breath
We don't need Jon Snow to tell us which way the property industry's election swingometer is headed;
Oxford and Cambridge outperform as Londoners capitalise on house price gap
Uncertainty may be ruling the roost in London’s housing market, but it's a different story in other parts of the country, notes top buying agency Garrington.