Miscellanea
Have we reached peak London?
London is at the edge of a major inflection point, argues Mark Kleinman, Professor of Public Policy at King's College London. Could the capital's 30-year growth spurt be coming to an end?
£25m Linley-designed lateral launched in Royal St James’s
Sprawling residence on the second floor of the 'landmark' St James's House scheme lists at over £5,000 psf
CBRE hires new resi lettings boss in Hong Kong
Isabella Po joins the world's biggest real estate advisor after five years with Benham & Reeves
Correction
On 1 June 2018, in an article entitled "Planning battle brews on North London's Billionaires' Row", and on 4 June 2018, in an article titled "How a proposed development on Billionaires' Row shines a light…
Luxury developers’ local business initiative hits £200m milestone
Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar mark six-year anniversary of the South London Procurement Network
Generosity Per Square Foot: Tax effective gifts of property to charity, explained
Over 120,000 gifts were made from more than 36,000 estates in the UK last year, with charities receiving legacy income of more than £2.
Why the UK should create a national investment bank
Columbia University's Stephany Griffith-Jones explains how creating a national investment bank could transform the UK economy, and help to end austerity
UK HPI gets official status
Land Registry quotes buying agent Henry Pryor to give credence to the official national House Price Index
42% of British buyers would consider buying a home that needed major renovation works
The appeal of project properties prevails, discovers Jackson-Stops
More than 2,000 RBKC residents are earning over £1m a year
HMRC figures show that more than one in ten of the 18,700 people in Britain earning seven figures-plus live in Kensington & Chelsea;
Airbnb and the short-term rental revolution – how English cities are suffering
As a developer in Edinburgh launches a set of luxury flats with a special preventative clause in the title deeds, and Paris mulls a complete ban, Jonathan Silver examines how the short-term rental phenomenon is…
50th deal brings up £1bn milestone for Cogress
"Disruptive" property investment startup shifted its strategy "immediately after the Brexit vote" to focus outside of prime London