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Anti-MIPIM, Boris and property investors demo planned
Anti-property-investor-campaigners are organising a rally at City Hall today to vent about how expensive London property is.
Broadband is now the “fourth utility”
Following up on Rightmove's introduction of a Broadband checker for every property listed on the portal, Strutt & Parker is arguing that broadband speed is now the "fourth utility" behind water, gas and…
Never Knowingly Undersell: John Lewis development site to go for £150m?
The John Lewis Partnership is reportedly gearing up to offload a massive prime resi development site in Chelsea.
The John Lewis Clearings site from Denyer Street
Chelsea, Knightsbridge & Kensington transaction levels up 49%
It sounds like February was a pretty lively one in the PCL sales market; W.A.
Steady growth for PCL as the £10m+ market slows
February was the 40th consecutive month of price rises for prime central London property, according to Knight Frank, but prices at the top of the top-end seem to be easing up as a general sense of (relative)…
Asian cities dominate global prime property price growth
Booming Asian hubs have dominated Knight Frank's annual review of luxury property markets around the world, but some of the cities most affected by the 2008 downturn have been hitting the road to recovery,…
Knight Frank expands in Belgravia
If yesterday belonged to JLL, it's all about Knight Frank today.
The firm's Belgravia sales team has opened the doors to some shiny new offices on the corner of Chester Square and Lower Belgrave Street.
How Boris bikes have turned resi backwaters into rental hubs
Boris Bikes have opened up chunks of London's rental hinterlands - Sand's End, Haggerston and the like - to more discerning tenants, and that's caused some spiky returns for landlords in the right areas,…
Boris opens door to new top council tax band
Mayor Boris Johnson: "If you compared with a Russian oligarch is paying on his stuccoed schloss in Kensington in annual council tax compared to what such a gentleman might be asked to pay in Paris or New…
Hidden Stanley Peach masterpiece hits the market
A converted electricity sub-station built by the renowned Scottish architect Charles Stanley Peach has just hit the market in Little Venice, with a price tag of £17.95m.
Genr8 recruits A-list team for major urban development projects
Urban renewal specialists Genr8 has recruited some seriously heavyweight people, including former JLL Chief Exec and Chairman of the UK Green Building Council Andrew Gould, to its team in advance of…
Short Shift: Jones Lang LaSalle in digital-led rebrand to JLL
Jones Lang LaSalle is overhauling its global brand, shortening its name to the more more pithy "JLL" and switching up the logo.