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Vendors offer stingiest August price discount since 2007
The average asking price of property coming to market slipped by a mere 0.8% over the last month, according to Rightmove, the strongest August performance since 2007.
Bloomsbury Setting: RUF debuts project on street that inspired Peter Pan
Developer RUF Properties has launched its latest project in Bloomsbury, the reimagining of a house said to have inspired Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie.
Prime Property of the Week: Mews Company
Lyall Street, Belgravia
£22.5m
If it's frontage and flexibility you're after, this unique proposition in the stucco heartland of SW1X should do the trick.
Giant Mortlake brewery site hits the market
One of the biggest resi development opportunities in SW London has just hit the market.
Covent Garden ex-council causes a stir
Dubbed "the UK's most expensive ex-local authority flat"
213 super-prime units due for completion in PCL this year; development market ‘vibrant’
Resi development in the capital remained "vibrant" in Q2, according to new analysis by Cushman & Wakefield, with strong levels of construction starts and sales.
At-A-Glance: Prime Central London’s Q2
Cushman & Wakefield has done a very good job of summing up how PCL's top areas performed during Q2.
PCL’s property market is fragmenting as the top-end collapses – LCP
"The brakes are firmly on at the more expensive end" of the prime central London property market, says Naomi Heaton of London Central Portfolio, as the fast and slow lanes diverge.
Savills partners with Miami firm
Savills has joined forces with a major player on the Florida real estate scene.
True Romance: Inside the £20m Somerset heartbreaker
Described as "England's most romantic estate", the achingly beautiful Compton Castle has reportedly just changed hands for around £20m, which would also make it the most expensive property ever sold…
Heronslea draws on Mayfair luxe for ‘super-suburb’ scheme
Hertfordshire developer Heronslea Group is hoping to up the luxury stakes in deepest north London with its latest project.
Kebbell kicks off new Sunningdale project
Hi-spec housebuilder Kebbell Homes has started work on a new scheme to deliver a batch of apartments and a mighty detached residence on Lady Margaret Road in Sunningdale.