The Market

Native Land and Grosvenor have awarded a £50m construction contract to Sir Robert McAlpine to deliver their Alpha Place scheme on Chelsea Manor Street, London.

Lib Dem proposals for a new property wealth tax that would levy an annual charge on owners of prime properties, which Ed Balls last week called "serious", are now being championed by leading housing charity…

As the residential property world wends its way to Wales for some conference or other, Craig McWilliam, Grosvenor's Executive Director, shares his thoughts on the industry.

The August RICS Housing Market Report is out and the big surprise is that there were no big surprises...  

The capital's sales market is "chronically undersupplied", whilst the rental market is flooded with stock, according to Douglas & Gordon.

Construction and house-building is in the Coalition's crosshairs this week, as swathe of new (and not-so-new) measures are announced by the Government to kick-start the foundations of the economy.

Grubby kitchens and bathrooms are the two biggest turn-offs for potential buyers, according to Rightmove's new research. 

Edo Mapelli Mozzi Nick Clegg's 'rich tax' proposals are short-sighted, foolish and will drive money out of the UK, says Edo Mapelli Mozzi.

Many buyers say they'll only consider a freehold or long-lease property, but that rules out a huge number of cracking homes, especially in prime central London.

Knight Frank's latest report, out today, shows that prime central London property prices are now 14% above their March 2008 peak, and nearly 50% above their March 2009 low.

Prime central London rents have now fallen for fourteen out of the last fifteen months, according to Knight Frank's latest Residential Review. August saw a 0.4% drop, taking the annual change to -1.7%.

The pipeline of prime residential property developments in London is surging, with over £38bn of schemes and 15,000 units currently earmarked for completion in the next decade, according to new findings…