Miscellanea
How property developers can foster London’s artistic future
Candida Gertler OBE looks beyond the glare of the art fair, calling on property developers to play an important and active role in delivering creative spaces for artists in new developments
Super-prime construction firm collaborates on street art project
London Projects offers up hoardings on Pavilion Road for RBKC's new creative initiative
Holiday home tax loophole is ‘a scandal’, says Colliers
The current system allows many second home owners to avoid both council tax and business rates
Paradise Found: On the value of nature
A number of English farms that may not seem very desirable on paper have been going for above the odds recently; country buying agent Robin Gould explains why...
Chocolate Box Cottages Vs Manor Houses: What’s the price premium for a quintessentially English village home?
Jackson-Stops compares PSF values and sold prices for five types of chocolate box country home, from manor houses and rectories to farmhouses, barn conversions and cottages
Call Me Maybe: Why you should never leave voicemails
Forget old fashioned voice messages - today's top brokers need to employ more efficient forms of communication to get results, says Knight Frank's super-prime specialist Daniel Daggers...
Buyers splash out 80% more for a waterfront home
The highest waterfront premium is found in the South West, says Knight Frank
Avalanche of subsidence claims could put insurance firms on shaky ground
The aftermath of the long hot summer of 1976 saw a wave of subsidence claims across the UK, notes Trevor Abrahmsohn, and insurance firms may need to brace themselves as history repeats...
33 charts that show how London’s housing market is changing
The Greater London Authority's newly-published housing report analyses how the capital's housing trends have shifted through the decades, noting some fascinating changes in tenure, construction, affordability,…
Qatari Diar breaks ground at former US Embassy site
More good news for Grosvenor Square as the former fortress at No.30 begins its transformation into one of the world's top luxury hotels...
Which are the best parks in PCL?
34 parks and green spaces have been awarded Green Flag status across RBKC and Westminster this year
Insurers braced for raft of subsidence claims as Britain swelters
The Met Office measure of soil moisture deficit in the UK is currently at "high amber", which is not great news for some properties built on clay soil