Sales
One Hyde Park apartment tops September sales register
An apartment in Knightsbridge's One Hyde Park has topped the list of resi sales recorded by the Land Registry in September.
The latest dataset shows Apartment A.04.
78% of prime London agents think vendors are ‘being unrealistic’ about asking prices
The impact of changes to SDLT made at the end of 2014 "continue to be felt" across the prime central London resi market, notes LonRes in its Autumn Review, a situation exacerbated by increased uncertainty…
How to achieve guide price in a buyers’ market
In what is seen by many as a buyers’ market, it can seem like a tough challenge to achieve the guide price.
Heavy Duty: How the new SDLT system stuffed both ends of the market
The new SDLT regime is creating a boom and a bust at one end of the scale whilst raising less money for the government at the other; not such a clever move, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Outer London outguns PCL as ‘stamp duty stand-off’ stifles top-end transactions
The Land Registry recorded a monthly price increase of 1% in September across England & Wales, taking the annual change to +5.3%.
Realistic pricing ‘essential’ as overseas buyers lose appetite for PCL
Realistic pricing and domestic buyers are the key themes dominating the PCL market at the moment, according to the estate agency Winkworth.
China’s biggest resi developer makes NYC debut with Foster + Partners tower
Aby Rosen's RFR Holding and China's Vanke have kicked off sales at One Hundred East Fifty Third Street, a new Foster + Partners-designed addition to the New York City skyline.
Vendor invites buyers to ‘test drive’ £8.35m Marylebone flat
3,000 square foot duplex on Hallam Street offered up as a fully-furnished rental with no minimum term
Britain’s first million-pound towns emerge despite seven-figure sales slump
The number of £1m+ property sales slumped by 11% in the first half of 2015, but the regional picture tells a slightly different story, as average property prices in three towns breach the million mark…
MHA claims Bayswater price record on Inverness Terrace
Developer MHA London has officially debuted its new fifteen-unit development on Inverness Terrace in W2, revealing that nine of the apartments have already been snapped up pre-launch.
Cooling measures drive Singapore developers into UK & Australian markets
Seven rounds of cooling measures brought in by the Singaporean government between 2010 and 2013 have triggered a giant wave of investment overseas, according to new research.
Clivedale and Dorchester Collection in Mayfair super-prime resi tie-up
Clivedale London is pulling out all the stops at its new super-prime scheme on Stanhope Gate, announcing an "unprecedented" tie-up with high-end hotel group Dorchester Collection.