Last year’s “radical” Planning Bill is long gone, replaced with watered-down reforms that promise local referenda on planning decisions and a few other tweaks.
A longstanding feature of high-end listings, ‘price on application’, is on the way out after Trading Standards deemed the term both ‘misleading’ and ‘unlawful’. But what do London’s prime property specialists make of the decision, and how will the change impact the market – and marketing process – in the luxury sector?
Almacantar launches suite of five-star facilities at its latest West End project, including a ‘one-of-a-kind’ children’s play space: ‘It was really important for us to look ahead to what our residents would want now and in the future to ensure what we were developing would remain sought-after’
Prime property buying agency Garrington has rated and ranked nearly 1,400 towns, cities and villages across the UK – measuring a dozen criteria ranging from green credentials and architectural beauty to crime rates and house prices, to come up with a definitive list of the best places to live in 2022.
Where is all the stock; what will happen to prices; and which areas are buyers flocking to right now? Seasoned buy-side pros have been giving their hot takes on the first few months of 2022, which is shaping up to be another crazy one…
The number of planning applications to build skyscrapers in London has dropped by more than 13% in the last year, according to the ninth annual London Tall Buildings Survey by New London Architecture and Knight Frank.
PrimeResi meets Carter Jonas’ longstanding PCL specialist Tim Macpherson to discuss the current state of play in the golden postcodes, the capital’s most impressive new developments, his most memorable deal to date – and what today’s buyers are really looking for (and no, it’s not outside space)…
Developer Almacantar ‘responds to the needs of the world’s global elite’ with the second show unit at its Rafael Viñoly-designed scheme overlooking Hyde Park
INTERVIEW: Having already launched a major mixed-use development in Shoreditch and acquired a venerable prime London estate agency, the scion of European real estate giant Ghelamco has even more ambitious plans for the family business in the UK.
Exclusive: Developer reveals plans to restore London’s first serviced apartments as a private residential address
“We are trying to buy and develop things that really push the boundary of luxury property development,” says Henigman and Rhodium founder, Dean Main.
PrimeResi discovers how an historic building in one of London’s top neighbourhoods found a new lease of life as a stylish family home…