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London’s new home registrations climb 60% to highest ever level
The number of new homes being registered in the capital has hit its highest level since records began over 26 years ago, according to the National House Building Council's latest figures.
40% hike in £1m+ deals recorded
The latest data from the Land Registry shows a big annual increase in the amount of £1m+ deals recorded across the country.
Sales volumes by price range (England & Wales)
UK housing stock now worth £5.2 trillion as North-South tilt steepens
The total value of the UK's housing stock rose by £186bn in 2013 to hit £5.2tr, according to some (big) number crunching by Savills, and by £1.6tr over the last decade from £3.6tr in 2003.
Super-prime Campden Hill scheme in £200m financing deal
The former Holland Park School on Campden Hill has moved a big step closer to its super-prime resi transformation, now that a whopping £200m-worth of development finance has been stumped up for the project…
Has Abramovich’s $75m Manhattan mega-deal hit the bricks?
Jagger was right; it looks like you can't always get what you want, even if you are a Russian oligarch with billions in the bank.
Price rises spread beyond the commuter zone
The much-touted "ripple effect" looks to be well and truly underway in the south of England, with Savills recording a 1.5% uplift in average prime regional values in the three months to December.
Candy and Wetherell go head to head over best address
Knightsbridge or Mayfair? They're both very expensive and very desirable. But which is better? Only one way to find out...
London’s resi pipeline will only satisfy two-thirds of housing demand – CBRE
There are, according to CBRE, around 300,000 residential units in the capital’s planning pipeline.
2013 was “second busiest skyscraper year in history”
From 2000 to 2013, the total number of 200-metre-plus buildings in existence increased from 261 to 830 - an extraordinary 318% - according to the latest report from the Council of Tall Buildings & Urban…
Oliver Burns hires new lead architect
Super-prime developer Oliver Burns has named a new addition to its Hertfordshire-based team, in the form of a new lead architect.
Interior Monologue: Tales from the design front line
Alec Watt experiences the international appetite for London property first-hand and attends possibly the best client meeting in the world...
Native Land announces new Southbank HQ
It sounds like Native Land has decided to up sticks and shift operations from Mayfair to the Southbank.
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