The Market
Domestic buyers return to PCL
There's been a 'resurgence of domestic activity' in prime central London, says CBRE, as homegrown buyers accounted for 55% of sales in the area in 2013.
Urbane Renewal: The three PCL regeneration zones to watch
Which areas of prime central London are top acquisition firms tipping for long term growth potential? Here's The Buying Solution's three current faves...
1. Victoria
Jakarta and Dublin lead global prime city prime growth
Chiming nicely with the release of the Candy GPS Report, Knight Frank's latest Prime Global Cities Index shows that many 'safe havens' are seeing the pace of price growth slow, while more emerging luxury…
General election ‘edges onto the radar’ in PCL as price growth spreads
Prices in prime central London have now risen for 42 months in a row (by o.8% in March), says Knight Frank in its latest market update, with the annual increase remaining steady at +7.
Earl-y success for Capco as over 200 Lillie Square flats go in a jiffy
Capco has revealed it has already shifted 204 of the 237 flats in Phase One of its new Lillie Square scheme, with some buyers coughing up well over £1,800 psf for the 'standard' units.
12 under-invested cities that are due to out-pace the prime world
'Real estate is increasingly becoming a mainstream asset class for investors' says Candy & Candy in its latest GPS Report, which identifies 12 cities around the world which have the potential to deliver…
World’s most expensive flat sells – shell & core – in London
Penthouse D in Candy & Candy's One Hyde Park development has just been snapped up for a rumoured £140m
Stock & Shares: Gauging London’s shifting supply levels
A 43% increase in Chelsea, but a 6% drop in South Ken? As Lonres releases its Spring Review, the research team explains what's really going on with those supply levels in central London...
Flat Cap: What are the implications of Labour’s rent control ideas?
Ed Miliband's taken on the lettings industry.
Q1 sales boom for Ladbroke Grove, Westbourne Grove and Bayswater
W11-based outfit Crayson has also been totting up the scores from Q1 and reckons ppsf values achieved so far in 2014 across its enviable K&C patch are 14.3% above where they were a year ago.
Three Little Words… that add up to 40% to a property’s value
These are always fun. Mayfair agent Wetherell has been trawling the archives again to see what place names do to property prices.
Top three risks to the central London property market: Mansion Tax, interest rate rises & over-inflated prices
The results of the Lonres Spring Agents Survey are in, and they're probably best described as "mixed". There's lots to digest as usual, so let's get amongst it.