Location: London
Housing market is ‘not going to be back to normal until the end of the decade’
London's housing landscape is "not going to be back to normal until the end of the decade," argued a top housing professor yesterday.
Demand rises but prices hold in prime Scotland
No change for prime Scottish country house prices last month, leaving annual growth down to it's lowest level of the year, +1.4%, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
MIPIM Notes #2: Nicky Richmond on the ‘you never know’ factor
The panel discussions have been packed to the rafters, but maybe because Hammersmith Road isn't the Croisette, reports Nicky Richmond from behind the barricades...
Royal Mail sells Paddington site to Singapore-listed developer
A Singapore-based proper developer has bought the Royal Mail's old London Street site in Paddington for £111m in cash, with plans in place for a mixed-use projects.
BoJo: We can deliver 500,000 new homes for London within the next ten years
Boris Johnson has kicked off the inaugural MIPIM UK conference with a rabble-rousing keynote speech, criticising the 'xenophobic left-wing commentators' calling for a clampdown on overseas investment.
Former Aylesford boss launches independent prime agency
Louise Hewlett has just launched an independent property company
RTKL makes strategic hire for move on UK resi developments
RTKL, the architecture / urban design uber-practice behind the likes of Shanghai's Baccarat Residences and Jakarta's Four Seasons, has made a move on London's residential arena with the "strategic hire"…
New CEO for Balfour Beatty
Construction behemoth Balfour Beatty has named its new CEO.
MIPIM UK: Residential Highlights
The inaugural MIPIM UK rolls into London's Olympia tomorrow, promising "a year's worth of business in three days."
Chelsea Garage to Grand Design: 0.013 acre plot asks £550k
'Challenge of the Week' surely has to go to this intriguing proposition in Chelsea.
‘Persuading a buyer to spend rather than just look is proving more difficult than it has for at least 5 years’ – D&G
Prices above £2m have stalled, concurs Douglas & Gordon, but argues that we may not have to wait until May to see them rise again...
West Wales property pair launches independent buying agency
A former County Homesearch operator and a former Fine & Country Director have set up as independent buying agents in West Wales.