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‘Rotation away from the capital’ as property market responds to BoE rhetoric
"The overarching picture is a rather more balanced one this month" says the latest RICS Residential Market Survey, although prices are still on the up and demand is still outstripping supply.
Cadogan Estate snaps up £47m South Ken resi portfolio
The Cadogan Estate has just bagged a portfolio of nearly 200 properties across South Ken and Earls Court.
Boultbee-Brooks kickstarts £250m development venture
Entrepreneur Steve Boultbee-Brooks has launched a new London-based acquisition, development and asset management venture.
World in London #1: Playing in the global city
In the first part of Savills' World in London 2014 report, Director of World Research Yolande Barnes explores what makes London such as star player on the international field...
Average UK prices breach 2007’s peak
After a 1% rise in June to take the annual increase to +11.8%, average UK property prices have now breached their 2007 peak, says Knight Frank.
Not in my back (vine)yard: Goodbye Saint Tropez
Who needs Saint Tropez when you've got Frome, asks our resident Doer Upper Alan Page as the French authorities force him to take on his first English Country project...
Foiled by French Nimbyism;
Record-breaking Woolworth Building penthouse up for sale
One of the most prestigious apartments in the world - a nine-storey affair at the top of the iconic Woolworth Building in New York - has just hit the market with a whopping $110m price tag, a record for…
Decorex 100 Top Interiors Tweeters
Interior design show Decorex - which moves to Syon Park this year - has been rounding up the design trendsters on social media to come up with a list, the #Decorex100, of "the top 100 interior design…
Foster+Partners buys back ownership
Foster + Partners has bought out its private equity backer 3i's minority holding in the business to return the architecture practice to 100% own-ownership.
Dubai and Tokyo lead this year’s prime rental growth stakes
Knight Frank's quarterly comparison of prime rental prices around the world has reported strong rises for the Dubai and Tokyo markets in Q1, although Nairobi remains at the top of the annual rankings…
RICS gets first ever female president
Louise Brooke-Smith is the new President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the organisation's first female President in its 146 year history.
£45m Balfour Place apartment block hits the market
Mayfair's Next Mega-Mansion?