The Market
The £300m Mansion: JFK’s childhood home tipped to become London’s most expensive
'Totally unique offering' on Princes Gate has planning for a return to single resi use
£150m development site hits the market in Westminster
A humongous site has just been brought to market in hot-to-trot Victoria with planning permission for a 160-unit resi scheme.
Required Reading: Could this be the end for manorial rights?
The most ancient set of rights remaining in English property law could be in line for sweeping reforms, after a report published last week by the House of Commons Justice Committee recommended a complete review…
Balham Boom: London’s best performing area sees property prices rise by £415 a day
House prices in South West London's Balham put on a growth spurt last year, outpacing the rest of the capital by quite the margin, says Marsh & Parsons.
Homeowner house price sentiment slips back
Householders' expectations of future property price growth have slipped back a notch, notes Knight Frank, although most people still think values are on the up.
St George hosts NAWIC event at Battersea Reach
Resi developer St George threw an event at its Battersea Reach scheme this week to raise awareness of employment opportunities for women in the UK construction industry.
Home Counties rents ‘turn the corner’ in 2014
Prime rents in the Home Counties "turned the corner" last year, says Knight Frank, despite a 0.5% drop in the last quarter.
Abrahmsohn: Why Mandy was right to diss the Mansion Tax
Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn thought Lord Mandelson was just a "hobnobbing champagne socialist" before his performance on Newsnight this week. Now he's not so sure...
Alpine property index launches
A French agency has decided to track trends in the alpine market by launching a new quarterly property index.
Civvy Streets: Green light for £1.5bn St John’s Wood Barracks resi development
A Malaysian billionaire’s controversial proposals to develop St John’s Wood Barracks in NW London have bagged a thumbs-up from Westminster planners.
‘Britain’s most expensive one-bed’ asks £9.9m
Thought to be Britain's most expensive one-bed flat, this 1571 square foot apartment has just hit the market in One Hyde Park for £9.9m.
Transaction levels hold steady
The number of property transactions recorded by HMRC stuck at around the same level for the end of last year, with December posting roughly the same as in November, and 0.4% fewer deals than in 2014.