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On Locations: Canary Wharf’s rise onto London’s prime residential scene
The growth of Canary Wharf to become one of Europe’s largest financial services employment clusters in the last 20 years has overshadowed its emergence as a leading prime London residential market, says…
Resi plans go in for Edinburgh’s ‘truly magnificent’ Donaldson’s site
Detailed plans have gone in for the conversion and development of the Donaldson's College site in Edinburgh, which the developer has called "one of the most important buildings in Scotland" and Savills…
Grand Registry: Latest £10m+ transaction round-up
A paltry six £10m+ deals were recorded by the Land Registry in its July transaction update, the most expensive being a £12.9m flat on Belgravia's Chesham Street.
Five-fold jump in Thai buyers’ interest in London property
London property investments were attracting strong attention from Thai buyers during a three-day "Waterfront London" property exhibition in Bangkok last weekend, writes Andrew Batt.
Parkside premium soars as wealthy buyers prioritise London’s green spaces
New research has shown how properties on the fringes of London's Royal Parks have outperformed the rest of PCL by quite the margin in recent years.
Developer digs deep to keep unauthorised basement
A Hampstead man has apparently had to shell out a whopping £180k to keep a two-storey basement he knocked up without planning permission.
Norrice Lea
Required Reading: Selling a property with a nuisance neighbour
Trying to shift a property with a nasty neighbour can be pretty nightmarish, but a recent ruling could provide some hope for harangued homeowners, explains Ed White...
Land Registry stats show scale of London’s £2m+ sales slide
The latest data dump from the Land Registry has shown a monthly price increase of +1.7% across England & Wales, bringing the annual change to +4.6%. Transaction levels have taken a right pounding though.
Prime Property of the Week: Miami Nice
Penthouse, FENDI Château Residences, Miami
$25m
Château Group has just topped out on what could well be the most fashionable off-plan opportunity in the world right now.
Country Life and OnTheMarket partner up online
That bastion of high-end property advertising Country Life's online property search facilities have been fully co-branded with OnTheMarket.com.
Residence One bags a bargain in Belgravia
Grade II listed townhouse on the best side of Chester Square acquired at £1,406 per square foot just before the General Election, the lowest price paid on the square in years
Rowsley’s first Euro play backs Neville and Giggs’ ‘new Mayfair of Manchester’
Peter Lim, the Singapore-based billionaire part-owner of Salford City FC, has agreed to back football stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs' plans to develop a former police station in central Manchester into…