Location: London
Four Bayswater buildings snapped up for £30m in ‘old-fashioned’ off-market deal
40 serviced apartments bought by Qatari investor...
New MD and Associate Director for Cain Hoy
Connecticut-based property investor Cain Hoy Enterprises, which teamed up with Galliard Homes a year ago to create London's biggest private house-builder, has recruited a new Managing Director from Canadian…
Periphery Vision: Inner commute areas to outperform as prime markets languish
The future looks pretty bright for property prices - as long as you're not banking on central London performance - says Savills in its big round of forecasts.
First two ‘House of the Year’ candidates revealed
Flint House, a "dramatic and innovative" new house on a country estate in Buckinghamshire and Sussex House, an "elegant villa in the Sussex countryside", have been announced as the first two houses to…
Interest rates to stay low for longer – BoE
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by a majority of 8-1 to keep the Bank Rate at a deeply low 0.
Bubble Watch: London’s property market is approaching ‘exuberant’ critical value
Deutsche Bank recently called time on London's property boom, and UBS has named the capital as the most over-valued property market in the world, at severe risk of bubbling.
Russell Simpson ramps up lettings department
Long-standing Chelsea-based independent Russell Simpson has doubled the size of its lettings division with two new hires.
Cash Mob: Two out of five deals go to cash buyers – Hamptons
Across England and Wales, cash buyers accounted for two of every five transactions; a total of £420,000 cash deals were done in the year to March, with a combined value of £110bn.
Transaction slump deals a blow to Countrywide’s profits
Countrywide has reported an 11% yearly fall in pre-tax profits in the nine months to September, after the anticipated post-election recovery in transaction volumes "failed to materialise in any significant…
St James & Beechcroft launch redevelopment of historic riverside site
Berkeley Group arm St James and retirement home specialists Beechcroft have launched the restoration of a riverside estate in west London that once belonged to George III’s chaplain.
Digging Deep: Buyer bids £150k for unexcavated basement
A buyer has just shelled out £150k at auction for an unexcavated basement in London's Bloomsbury.
Practical Makes Perfect: The rise of property management
What do you do if your pool springs a leak in the middle of the night? Or if your tenant doesn’t understand the latest tablet controlled lighting?