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Tear up the predictions – the gloves are off for this year’s buyers
Despite all the dull divinations, someone rang a bell in January and buyers are out to do business, but how to find a decent PA is still anyone's guess, says Trevor Abrahmsohn..
Extreme Gardening: Think outside the box hedges
Allium Chrisopli
A little adventurous thinking and practical advice can lift seasonless spaces to Himalayan heights, says landscape garden design guru, Barry Burrows..
Preservation Nation: Heritage guidance released
With a bumper line-up of English Heritage, the British Property Federation, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Deloitte, the "Heritage Works" super-partnership has released comprehensive…
Large prime houses soar 35% in stellar year
PCL Sales - John D Wood
Last chance at the Walpole
With the news that four out of the five apartments have now been sold, it's the final chance to buy into Oliver Burns' masterful Walpole Mayfair
“2013 is the best year to buy London property for a generation” – D&G
A bold claim from Douglas & Gordon's email shot today, backed up by some economic arguments and property market stats from the agency's latest London Barometer and Market Report, which predict an 8% price…
Clarity and currency driving prime property demand
Cost of prime central London property taking into account currency movements, indexed to 100 in December 2011 (Source: Knight Frank)
Interior Monologue: Can anyone beat Boris (at wiff-waff)?
The Mayor's wicked forehand smash, kissing frogs and being trapped in a penthouse - all part of a day's work when you're starting a luxury interior design company says Alec Watt..
2013: more settled but less celebrating in Winkworth’s London
After a lumpy 2012 that saw prime property prices in London rise but transaction levels dip, Winkworth's excellent Winter 2013 prime London Insight forecasts a rather more settled year ahead across its…
It’s no fairytale for London’s property managers
It's time for the property management industry to go to the ball, says Rupert Collingwood..
Prime London rents settling up
Following a rather topsy-turvy few years, rents in prime central London will accelerate in just the one direction - up - over the next few years, from a 1% rise this year to +5% in 2015 and +3
London is still a paragon of sanity, but for how much longer?
The £2m-£3m market has been decimated by Ebenezer Osborne, but will he be spooked into loosening the economic chains, says Saul Empson...