Sales

Ballymore is gearing up to sell off a portfolio of ground rent receipts from 3,654 units across eight of its sites, including phase one of Embassy Gardens in Vauxhall.

The developer behind what's being billed as "the next great estate of London" has been making some worrying noises about supply and demand levels in the capital.

Halebourne Group has lifted the lid on its forthcoming "ultra-luxe" apartment scheme in gentile Berkshire.

Auction house Allsop raised a chunky £74.8m from its first sale of 2016 (up 38% on last February's £54m), noting a couple of interesting trends in the process.

HMRC's seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of residential property transactions dropped by 2.8% between December 2015 and January 2016.

A-list interior designer Tessa Kennedy has put her Mayfair pied-à-terre up for sale.

A super-rare development opportunity has been brought to market in the middle of Buckinghamshire's green belt.

Adelie Estates has bought an eight-unit resi scheme off Banda Property for around £17m.

A right stunner has come up for sale on Kensington's Phillimore Estate.

Developers are offering some pretty interesting sweeteners these days, and this new scheme in Shoreditch is chucking in a free Fiat convertible for the first buyer past the post.

Those coming to market are more qualified, needs based and buying for the longer term, which all makes for a considerably healthier, more balanced marketplace, says Guy Meacock...

The days of prime London acting as a "money making machine" are over for now, according to Cushman & Wakefield, but the outlook is still positive.