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Evening Standard New Homes Awards: Call for entries
The date's been set for the 23rd London Evening Standard New Homes Awards, and 12 categories are now open for entries...
“Maverick” architect to submit plans for resi tower next to heliport
Will Alsop, the former RMJM architect who now runs All Design, is apparently all set to submit plans for a 19-storey residential scheme next to the London Heliport in Battersea.
Will Alsop
Britain’s 50 most historic streets
House historian Melanie Backe-Hansen has compiled a list of the 50 most historically-important streets in Britain and Ireland, from Roman roads to Georgian crescents; street markets to village thoroughfares.
Artists in Residence: Where London’s art and property scenes collide
In the second instalment of his arty two-parter, Londonewcastle's Robert Soning takes us on a tour of the capital's most creative development hotspots...
RESI Awards 2014: 14th May in a new home
The RESI Awards are moving home: 2014's event - the third - will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Wednesday 14 May. Pencil it in.
There are 18 categories on offer;
“A small amount of froth has come off” house price expectations – Knight Frank
Householders still think that their homes' value is on the up for the next year, but "a small amount of froth has come off" price expectations.
Land Secs launches specialist luxury resi arm with Victoria scheme
Land Securities has announced the launch of a specialist high-end resi division - Residential by Land Securities - with ambitions to become "the luxury residential developer amongst international property…
Earls Court plans and Covent Garden resi deliver decent half for Capco
A formal nod for the Earls Court masterplan and some strong resi sales in Covent Garden look to be the highlights of Capco's second half, according to the business' latest interim management statement.
“Resilient” prime market drives brisk few months for Savills
Savills sounded a chirpy note with the release of its Interim Management Statement yesterday.
Ripple in Action: St James lays out plans for 85 acre Ealing gasworks
Developer St James - who brought you Roehampton House, Riverlight &c - has unveiled its mixed-use intentions for the former Southall Gas Works in Ealing, with a scheme to create a "much sought-after new…
Trading Up: Ryan’s Canary Wharf mega-tower to be Europe’s tallest resi?
Developers are jostling to take the "Europe's tallest resi tower" title: Manchester's 554ft Beetham Tower, the incumbent, was all set to be knocked off the pinnacle by Dalian Wanda's One Nine Elms scheme…
Forecast Watch 2014: UK, +7%; Prime Outer London, +7%; PCL, +4% – Knight Frank
Knight Frank's take on what will happen to property prices next year falls pretty much in the middle of what everyone else is saying, with property "substantially" out-gunning inflation: +7% for average…