Location: London
American Cream: Mapping New York City’s super-prime homes
There are 7,279 homes in New York valued at more than $5m, and a further 128 worth in excess of $25m, according to new research into the Big Apple's rarefied stalk.
Lewis looks to speed up s106 negotiations
Housing Minister Brandon Lewis is looking at ways to overhaul the Section 106 agreements process, with an eye to speeding up planning negotiations.
Chestertons returns to Polo in the Park
Chestertons has decided to return to Hurlingham Park as headline sponsor of Polo in the Park for the second year on the trot.
Foxtons to open five new London offices in the next two months
Foxtons is adding another five branches to its 56-strong London network in March and April.
The new offices are "strategically placed" in:
Barnes
Walthamstow
West Hampstead
Ruislip
Bromley
Strutts revises PCL forecast down to zero but ‘pleasantly surprised’ at regional activity levels
Strutt & Parker may have quietly revised its 2015 PCL price forecast down from 2% to a big fat zero, but it's "pleasantly surprised" at the levels of activity going on the regions, especially given the looming…
Berkeley’s Ebury Square scheme rakes in £355m in just four months
Just sixteen weeks after launch, Berkeley Group's super-prime development in Belgravia has all but sold out, generating a whopping £355m for the firm.
Galliard signs Asda property man to guide expansion plans
London's biggest privately-owned resi developer, Galliard, has hired property/finance guru Paul Huberman as a non-executive director to "advise on corporate disciplines and structuring as Galliard Homes…
Transactions climb but stay short of 2007’s peak (in most places)
The number of homes sold in the first ten months of 2014 was 21% higher than during the same period in 2013 and a solid 60% up on 2009's low-point, but was still 27% below 2007's boom-time.
‘Sharp jump’ for Scotland’s £1m+ market
The number of seven-figure deals in Scotland climbed by 9% in the last quarter of the year, reports Knight Frank.
INTERVIEW: William Carrington & Anthony Payne of LonRes on reading the market in real time
William Carrington and Anthony Payne of industry data powerhouse LonRes on the past, present and future of London's property market
Notting Hill mews teams up for mass roof extension
What's thought to be London's biggest ever joint extension scheme is currently being weighed up by planners in west London.
House price expectations drop to 18 month low – Knight Frank
We're "in for a steadier year than 2013 or 2014" this year, says Knight Frank, although "overall house price sentiment remains at an elevated level by historical standards."