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Hong Kong trumps London & New York as world’s highest value resi location
Hong Kong has held onto its crown as the world’s highest value residential location, recording an average price per square foot way above that of London or New York.
SBID International Design Excellence Awards 2015: Big ticket finalists
The finalists of this year's SBID International Design Awards have been announced, with public voting now open to source a winner in time for a presentation ceremony at The Dorchester on 27th November.
‘Tate Modern style’ house on Glebe Place asks £14m
Glebe Place is one of Chelsea's most intriguing turnings for a number of reasons; first and foremost for being where Uncle Monty resided in great splendour in cult film Withnail & I (at Number 35).
CALA targets £1bn turnover within five years
High-end Scottish house builder CALA has had a rather strong year, raising its number of completed homes by a third and its average selling price per property to its highest ever level.
PCL buyers in restrained mood as price growth falls to five-year low
August is usually pretty quiet in prime central London, but a combo of higher stamp duty and global financial turmoil put buyers in particularly restrained mood this time around.
Winkworth and Rightmove tipped as top real estate investment picks
Top investment bank Liberium has tipped Rightmove and Winkworth as potential outperformers in its latest real estate sector update.
Berkeley Group steps up to the FTSE 100
Tony Pidgley's high-end housebuilder Berkeley is getting a Blue Chip makeover, joining the FTSE 100 in the latest reshuffle of the top public businesses in Britain.
Prime central London rental growth slows as stock levels stay up
Rental value growth in prime central London has dropped to its lowest quarterly level since April 2014, says Knight Frank, as demand dropped in August but supply levels stayed high.
Kensington developer fined £10k for illegal advertising
A basement developer has apparently been hit with a chunky £10k fine for putting up adverts in the Royal Borough without consent.
Pension freedoms aren’t creating an over 55’s property bonanza
Future dealings in the property market by householders currently over the age of 55 will account for more than three million property transactions, worth a total of more than £775bn, says the Prudential.
Design for living on show at Open House Weekend
More than 700 London buildings will be opening their doors to the public on the 19th and 20th September for this year's Open House Weekend.
Foxtons plans to have 100 branches in London within five years
Foxtons has set itself a target to expand its network of offices within the M25 from the current 58 to 100 in the next five years.