Location: London
Buy-to-let Index launches; shows that ‘BTL is not always a great investment’
EC3, WC1 and WC2 are the top three postcodes in the UK for buy-to-let investors, reveals LendInvest in its inaugural Buy-To-Let Index.
Talking Heads: On the real meaning of ‘luxury’
Thanks to years of overuse, the term 'luxury' is arguably the emptiest word in the lexicon of prime property. So how do experts at the top end of the market define luxury these days?
Prime London prices to stay put for the rest of the year as supply levels ‘soar’
It's the end of the rise for prime central London's property prices, says Marsh & Parsons.
Q3 saw prices struggle up by just 0.5% as supply levels jumped by 13%.
Foxtons suffers as sales volumes slump
The second half of this year "will be significantly below levels during the same period last year" warns Foxtons, as its Q3 turnover drops.
PCL sales volumes down by over a quarter on last year (but don’t panic, it’s ‘just a correction’)
Not only has the number of deals tanked, but the total value of all the properties sold across Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Chelsea, South Ken, Fulham, West Chelsea, Kensington and Notting Hill during Q3…
New Joint Head of MENA Resi for JLL
JLL Residential has strengthened its Middle East & North Africa capability with a senior appointment.
£300m? That wouldn’t even pay for a new NHS logo!
Going by Ed Balls' latest figures, it's unlikely that the proceeds raised from a Mansion Tax would make any meaningful contribution to an organisation that requires £100 billion a year to run, says…
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.
JLL backs new top council tax band
JLL, which recently teamed up with WA Ellis, has come out swinging at Labour's latest plans for a Mansion Tax, choosing to back the Lib Dem's modified version - a "pragmatic and deliverable" new top Council…
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…
ITV’s South Bank studios could be up for resi development very soon
ITV is apparently looking for new digs, which throws up the rather moorish possibility of its current home, The London Television Studios on 2.
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…