Location: London
Charles Derby sets up in Notting Hill
Finance and insurance firm Charles Derby has launched a high-end estate agency arm in Notting Hill
Mishcon launches HNW advisory arm Mayfair Private
Leading law firm Mishcon de Reya is launching an independent private client advisory business with offshore fiduciary bods Opus Private
Osborne gives BoE ‘weapons’ to guard against property market risks
"There is no immediate cause for alarm" about the property market, proclaimed George Osborne in last night's Mansion House speech, but "there are on the horizon things that should give us some causes …
St James breaks ground on the Albert Embankment
St James has broken ground on its Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Fosters + Partners-designed Albert Embankment scheme
Prime Property of the Week: The Grape Escape
Calistoga, Napa Valley, California
$100m
YOO and Gray go to Harrods
Bethan Gray, Elle Deco’s Best British Designer of the Year, has teamed up with John Hitchcox and Philippe Starck's YOO brand for its new interiors offering in Harrods.
JLL Resi Land team appoints National Director
JLL has recruited Thomas Stevenson to its Resi Land team as National Director
National average prices to breach 2008 peak within 12 months; London prices to rise by 25% by 2019 – ERC
Prices are likely to carry on up across the country, although London's growth rate will slow a touch while the rest of the country accelerates until 2015 before hitting a plateau from 2019.
King’s Road or World’s End? New location mooted for Chelsea’s Crossrail2 Station
Last year's public consultation into the route and options for Crossrail 2 (CX2) - the Chelsea-to-Hackney line - has thrown up a new option for the location of the Chelsea station
Up Country: Prime country home sales rocket 35%
There's lots of life in the country market: sales of prime country homes shot up by 35% in the year to March compared to the previous 12 months, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Letter from the Home Counties
Deep in the commuter belt, there's an emerging trend of families making a sideways move from a larger, older property into a new-build, says Darren Walter...
CX2 & NLE: Where are resi values going to rocket?
Crossrail 2 (CX2) and the full-length Northern Line Extension (NLE) to Clapham Junction could see resi capital values along the route increase by as much as £32 billion, according to Carter Jonas.