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Top Shoppers: The big spenders linking London’s luxury retail and resi markets
New research has looked into the correlation between luxury retail and property sales in London, and it turns out they're pretty closely linked.
Chinese super-rich investor visas plummet 91%
As the financial ferment continues in China, it looks like the number of super-rich Chinese investors bringing their cash into the UK has fallen off a cliff.
Mount Anvil tops out on record-breaking Lexicon scheme
After managing to find some favourable weather conditions, developer Mount Anvil has topped out on its popular Lexicon scheme in Islington.
Prime outer London slows as buyers stay cautious
Price growth in the outer prime areas of the capital fell to 3% in August as a number of macro factors put the willies up potential purchasers.
Six million square feet of UK office space ‘lost’ to resi in 2014
Developers converted over six million square feet of UK office space into residential accommodation during 2014 alone (creating about 7,000 new homes), according to a new investigation by the British…
Furniture master McCarron to join the Notting Hill set
McCarron and Company, the high-end furniture-maker set up by a group of eight Mark Wilkinson, Linley and Smallbone ex-employees, has decided to put down some roots in Notting Hill.
Mapped: The new £1m+ areas of London
The list of £1m+ neighbourhoods in the capital just got longer.
Knight Frank has mapped the markets where at least 20% of sales have been above £1m in at least one quarter since the start of 2014.
Plans go in for 246-unit redevelopment of New Scotland Yard
Plans have gone in to Westminster Council for the £1bn residential redevelopment of New Scotland Yard (or Ten Broadway, as it will be rebranded).
Property lender brings in Candy branders for ‘brand evolution’
Real estate finance house Omni Capital has hired a design studio run by the duo that used to take care of Candy & Candy's brand image to provide "a full range of strategical design services and capabilities."
One Hyde Park vendor offers £9m stamp duty sweetener
The owner of the most expensive flat on the open market, Apartment C.08.1 in One Hyde Park, has offered to cover the mammoth £9m stamp duty bill staring down potential buyers.
As a cooling measure, stamp duty reform has succeeded – Knight Frank
"As a cooling measure, December’s stamp duty rise for high-value property has succeeded", says Knight Frank in its latest prime London round-up.
Year of the Dragon: Hong Kong developer bags green light for £8.4bn Greenwich scheme
Hong Kong mega-developer Knight Dragon has been given the go ahead for its ambitious Greenwich Peninsula masterplan, delivering 15,720 new homes and a whole new district twice the size of Soho.