Miscellanea
Ranked: Which home improvements yield the best (& worst) returns for property values?
Buying agent Henry Pryor and insurance comparison website GoCompare have teamed up to create a 'property investment calculator'
Global design competition launched for Grosvenor Square revamp
Grosvenor issues international call for ideas to re-imagine grand but "unwelcoming" Mayfair square...
Westminster & Cornwall are the UK’s hotspots for nuisance complaints
Local Councils receive 66 Statutory Nuisance Complaints every hour; London accounts for 28% of them
Westminster Council ‘has taken the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street off the table for good’
Mayor Khan calls the veto 'a betrayal' that 'poses a real threat to the future of Oxford Street'
Valuing ‘natural capital’ could offer ‘a whole new market for land’ after Brexit
Rural land values prove resilient in the face of a Brexit 'phoney war', says Knight Frank as it publishes its flagship Rural Report, featuring an interview with Michael Gove
Native Land unveils new art exhibition space in Mayfair
Collaboration with Royal Academy Schools creates dedicated showcase for students' work at super-prime Burlington Gate scheme
Cautious PCL buyers come out of the woodwork
There's been a 13% rise in new applicants so far this year, notes Knight Frank, but buyers are increasingly poring over their options amid wider political uncertainty...
Is compliance strangling commerce?
After a tortuous experience trying to do business with the private wealth department of a well-known clearing bank, agency boss Trevor Abrahmsohn has had it up to here with suffocating regulatory restrictions...
Billionaire Abramovich puts new Chelsea stadium project on hold
£1bn project shelved due to "unfavourable investment climate"
Property developer publishes children’s book about house-building
Taylor Wimpey's picture-book aims 'to educate children about the house building process'
Buyer Beware: Disclosure and the buying process
Homebuying horror stories and how to avoid them...
London Values: Why nothing is guaranteed
Philip Eastwood explains why you can’t be too scientific when it comes to buying property - or luxury watches...