Format: News
Global house prices climb at fastest rate since 2005
Knight Frank's Global House Price index is rising at its fastest rate since Q1 2005. A third of tracked property markets have seen prices escalate by at least 10% in the last year.
Boutique developer boosts PCL pipeline
Following a recent success on Cliveden Place, Voza has teed up nine new projects, including properties on Halkin Street, Passmore Street and Kinnerton Place South.
Kensington townhouse built for Queen Victoria’s money man offered for £19m
This high-spec house on Cranley Gardens was originally home to Lord de Tabley, Treasurer to Queen Victoria.
Devon developer looks to build national presence
The South West's soaring housing market is providing a 'launchpad' for Exeter-based Burrington Estates.
Offsite housebuilding factory opens for business
Weston Homes' spin-off modular construction company, British Offsite, has officially launched.
Broker-model London estate agency eyes national expansion with franchise roll-out
Harding Green's Nick Carter and Matthew Alexander plan to establish a network of franchised “partner offices” in prime towns and cities across the UK.
£400m Southbank scheme tops out
Apartments went on sale at JTRE’s Triptych Bankside a year ago, with penthouses priced at over £9m.
Storied Northumberland castle could be a ‘magical’ private residence
With a back story involving aristocratic families, battles & ghosts, the historic Otterburn Castle has hit the open market at £3m.
Auctions can work for luxury penthouses too, says agency
Recent sale of £2.5m triplex 'defies the common perception of auctions as mostly focusing on properties at the lower end of the market', says Knight Frank.
Seaside resorts see biggest rental shortage as tenant competition quadruples
Rightmove has identified which locations are being particularly affected by rental supply shortages - highlighting the effect on seaside resorts as the "staycation" boom continues.
Ranked: The UK’s ‘cash buyer hotspots’
Cash buyers have accounted for 27% of sales recorded in the UK this year, according to new research, but the proportion in some areas has reached over half.
Ranked: Which countries have seen the highest rates of property price inflation over the last ten years?
New research has looked into how the average property values in OECD nations changed in comparison to annual wages and wider inflation rates over the last decade.