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Full Frontal: HNW tenants pay £200k up-front in ‘frenzied’ PCL rental market
One in five new tenancies in prime central London is being let with six-to-12 months' rent - typically around the £200,000 mark (including deposit but excluding letting agent's fees) - being paid up-front,…
International consortium snaps up £1bn Bankside scheme
A £300m+ deal has just gone down on London's South Bank.
Foreign real estate investors look to Africa’s growth cities
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Luxury developer buys former Unite offices for £25m
The former offices of the trade union Unite in West London are to be turned into luxury flats.
Prime regional markets look up as town trumps country living
"The medium term outlook for the prime markets beyond London is much brighter than current market conditions would indicate," says Savills' Lucian Cook, regardless of whether a mansion tax is brought in…
Prime Locations: Mapping Britain’s £1m+ market
Britain's £1m+ market has tripled over the last ten years, notes Sophie Chick, with 18,000 seven-figure sales worth a total of £44bn going through in 2014.
The £1m+ landscape
Is the government quietly dropping office-to-resi Permitted Development Rights?
The latest version of the Town and Country Planning Order includes a notable omission: The anticipated three-year extension to Permitted Development Rights which allow the conversion of office space into…
Design For Life: London School of Architecture opens
After years of planning, the London School of Architecture has opened for applications.
Barratt Developments names new Group Chief Exec
The Group Finance Director of Barratt Developments, David Thomas, is stepping up to the role of Group Chief Executive.
David Thomas
Sales volumes slip; prices rise – Land Registry
The number of £1m+ property sales has fallen by 4% compared to the same time last year - significantly less than the 11% drop in overall transactions - while average house prices have risen by 6.
£75m Off: £100m Bishops Avenue mansion ‘sells for knock-down £25m’
Heath Hall, dubbed "the most expensive house listed on the open market" when it came on for £100m back in 2011, has apparently just been sold for £25m.
Teen Wealth: ‘Often we’re advising children on property purchases’, says top Christie’s broker
One of London's top property consultants has been lifting the lid on his dealings with super-rich Russian buyers in the capital, some of whom can apparently be as young as sixteen years of age.