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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...
Industry Reaction: Resi payday as Boles opens plans for office conversions
"Imminent" plans to relax planning regulations to allow the conversion of office blocks into residential units under Permitted Development Rights (reported yesterday here) have got the prime property industry…
Prime country house buyers left out in the cold
Reports of particularly slim pickings in the prime country house market have been filtering in of late
Letter from the Home Counties
New developments and unconventional marketing ideas have been the keys to a barnstorming new year in the shires, says Julian Amos..
Uncertain times for prime property
The ever-excellent Lonres Residential Review indulges in a spot of tealeaf reading to get a steer on what’s likely to happen in the prime property market over the coming 12 months.