Format: News
Race for Old War Office heats up as bids ‘sail over £300m’
It's been reported that six investors and consortiums remain in the running to buy the iconic Old War Office at 57 Whitehall.
Inside JLL’s new 1000-person HQ
JLL has gone to town with its new flagship Warwick Street base.
Prime country sales swell as Londoners look further afield, but the tide is turning
£1m+ sales outside London waxed by 44% year-on-year between January and June 2014, says Knight Frank, as prime country house prices bulged by 4.7% in the year to Q3 2014.
D&G staff to showcase renovation skills for a good cause
Douglas & Gordon's staff are getting their hands dirty for this year's Christmas Kids Company charity day, redecorating and refurbishing three underprivileged families’ homes.
Trademark warning for developers after Canary Wharf legal battle
A law firm has issued a warning to property developers about delaying trade mark applications, after an ambitious attempt to register the name Canary Wharf was turned down by the courts a mere thirty…
‘Overwhelmingly one-sided’ portal call for Barton Wyatt
Top-end Surrey estate agency and OnTheMarket.com devotee Barton Wyatt has broken ranks to publicly announce which portal it'll be dropping under Agents' Mutual's two portal rule.
WhatHouse? Awards: Winners
Some deserving accolades were dished out to some of the prime resi industry's finest at last week's WhatHouse? Awards.
‘Heart of Mayfair’ development gets the nod (again)
Grafton Estates has bagged unanimous approval from planners for its variation on the "exciting" mixed-use development of a chunky chunk of Mayfair.
Singapore has ‘most dismal year since 2008’
As 2014 nears its end, Singapore's developers are likely to time the launch of their projects to avoid the year-end lull period says Muneerah Bee, Senior Journalist at PropertyGuru.
We’ve made our portal decision too – Henry & James
It's ok, we're not going to report on all of these, but interesting to note that another prime agency has gone public today with the portal it'll be dropping when OnTheMarket.
International commercial property measurement standard published (and resi’s next)
After 18 months of toil by a group of measurement experts, including two global public consultations and a mind-numbing 85 drafts, the first international property measurement standard was published…
Uncertainty reigns as Notting Hill transaction levels plummet 48%
Traditionally one of London's most resilient micro-markets, Notting Hill has seen transaction levels fall off a cliff over the last few months.