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Marylebone is ‘increasingly becoming the hub of PCL’ says Beauchamp Estates chief Gary Hersham, as he looks back at an ‘extremely volatile’ 2018, and forward to a year of ‘needs-driven’ deals and a return of North American buyers to London…
Prime Central London’s market works on an 18-year cycle, says leading luxury property developer Charlie Baxter – as he predicts a post-Brexit surge, and that residential prices have a 40% climb in them before this cycle ends in 2026
Equity fund manager-turned-buying agent Fraser Slater explores how Prime Central London property has performed over the last two decades from a professional investor’s perspective…
The City of London’s new Draft Local Plan requires that “all new developments and refurbishments … include a greening element”; this signals a wider shift in planners’ thinking, says Isabelle Ward, that could have far-reaching consequences for urban landscapes.
2018 has been a mixed bag for property with differing fortunes across the price ranges, and there are many obstacles to wade through before positive sentiment returns, says Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn…
Jan Ambrose, Editor of the residential section of the RICS’ Property Journal, explores the data behind empty homes headlines, and asks what can be done to deal with long-term vacant properties
Laurence Lai looks beyond the price fluctuations to show how the capital’s once-booming property market has been reduced to a shadow of its former self…
Knight Frank’s Daniel Daggers has noticed a new pattern in the capital’s £10m+ property sector this year…
Some tremendous country properties have been secured well below the initial guide price this year, writes Jamie Freeman of Haringtons, but it’s been very hard work for those tasked with the job of finding them…
By 2040, the new buildings of the 1990s and 2000s will become accepted, indeed iconic, parts of the identity of our cities, argues former RICS President Amanda Clack…
The digital age is dramatically changing consumer behaviour, but whether buyers are searching for a Banksy, or penthouse on Bankside, there remains a strong desire for human interaction and experience, says Alisa Zotimova…
Former Housing Minister Nick Raynsford published his comprehensive review of the planning system in England earlier this week, outlining a series of ways in which the current ‘chaotic patchwork’ can be made fit for purpose for the coming decade. It’s a “well reasoned” report, says The British Property Federation’s Chief Exec, but some proposals could do with more work…
