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Housing market is ‘biggest risk’ to economic recovery – Carney
The Bank of England's Governor Mark Carney has warned that high house prices - driven by a stock shortages - potentially pose the biggest threat to the UK's economic recovery.
Short Shift: How bridging hit the big time
Remember the £127.5m mega-loan announced after the purchase of 1 Palace Street, near Buckingham Palace?
Rate rise on the cards for 2015 as ‘multispeed’ market carries on up
Transaction levels and property prices are rising pretty much across the board as the economy continues to deliver good news, says Knight Frank in its latest market update.
Struck in the Middle: The prime evolution of London’s Midtown
Just two days after CBRE reported £45m-worth of deals in Q1 alone in 'Midtown', Knight Frank has come out with a research report that punches home just how fast that bit between the City and West End is…
London office market reaching maturity, says DevSecs as it moves into ‘de-risking’ phase
Development Securities, which bought developer Cathedral Group earlier this week, has called the top of London's office market in its end of year results, announcing that it is making a "move into the…
HBRE’s new luxury developer enters the market with £24.25m Mayfair acquisition
EXCLUSIVE: Sons & Co, the newly-launched luxury development outfit funded by James Caan and Faisal Butt's Hamilton Bradshaw Real Estate (HBRE) and founded by the Stocker brothers, has made its first acquisition:…
Prime Property of the Week: Health, Wealth & Happiness
Vale of Health, Hampstead, London
£8m (Guide Price)
Well we haven't seen an opportunity like this in a while.
Fuss over Chelsea Barracks’ ‘overbearing’ penthouses
Westminster's planners are due to discuss the finer points - including penthouse positioning - of Qatari Diar's designs for Phase One of the redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site on 20th May.
London’s super-prime property market drives private aviation boom
Homebuyers may not agree, but London's rocketing prime property market has been very good news for some.
Looking for some (relatively) good value in the London property market? Try a freehold house…
One firm reckons it's spotted a way to find some relatively decent value for money amongst all the rocketing prices in the capital; go for freehold houses.
‘Ghost Home’ Proposals: A horror story for the UK economy?
Ed Miliband's latest plans will send shivers down the spines of the property and construction industries, along with all the other sectors that have benefited from the world’s wealthy coming to…
US giant signs up Charcol in major UK play
US real estate behemoth Keller Williams has launched the first of its "property super-centres" in Victoria as it bids to crack the UK market.