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Bridging the Gap: How The Thames’ three new bridges can change the prime map
Three new bridges across the Thames "can galvanise their north and south banks" says buying agency Garrington as St James's Riverlight development in Nine Elms welcomes its first residents.
Transactions numbers drop by nearly 5%
Transactions dropped by nearly 5% between August and September, according to the latest batch of stats from HMRC.
The seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of residential transactions fell by 4.
Roof of Life: Battersea Power Station’s roof garden in pictures
"The crowning jewel" of Foster + Partners' section of Battersea Power Station Phase 3 is a 355 metre long roof garden complete with a "dense forest" and allotments, 14 storeys up, designed by New York's…
Diplomatic Envy: How much are London’s embassies really worth?
From Russia's Harrington House to Saudi Arabia's stately pile on Charles Street (below), the embassy buildings of London have been valued at a combined total of £4,000,000,000, according to some fascinating new…
Wealth of Migrations: The rise of the global HNW citizen
The world's wealthy are getting more footloose and fancy free, says Barclays Wealth, moving homes and investments around the globe like never before.
Christie’s International makes first move on the Middle East
Christie's International Real Estate has made its first foray into the Middle East, signing up a new affiliate in Dubai to cover the United Arab Emirates.
Prime Property of the Week: Danger Man’s HQ
Penthouse, Marathon House, Marylebone
£10m
FORECAST: +3.5% for UK house prices next year, but 0% for PCL – Knight Frank
Average UK house prices will rise by 3.
West London to see slowest price growth in Britain over the next five years
Average house prices are in for a 30% increase over the next five years, with London (not PCL, mind;
Chinese buyers are ‘increasingly more daring with their real estate investments’
Chinese buyers are looking to less traditional international property destination as "many housing markets around the world are now considered overvalued," says super-portal Juwai.
Scotland’s No will ‘further boost the market’ as £1m+ deals creep back to normal
Staying in the United Kingdom was a good choice for Scotland's prime property markets, says Savills' Faisal Choudhry, with all that anecdotal evidence of a pre-referendum slowdown expected to disappear as…
Labouring the Point: Mansion Tax & other property market schemes
With seven months to go, Labour has outlined its plans to reform the way we live where we do should it win next year's General Election.