Location: London
RBKC builds planning enforcement team for developer crackdown
The Royal Borough has warned property developers that they "are being closely scrutinised," after it recruited a third more planning enforcement officers to crack down on errant works.
Please Mr Osborne: An estate agency’s Budget wishlist
Although the UK now has one of the fastest growing economies in the developed world, London-based estate agency Chestertons thinks that the Chancellor still has an embarrassingly large budget deficit…
Heaton expands in London with new partner and a Walton St office
Buying agency Heaton & Partners is continuing its march on prime London, recruiting a new partner and opening an office in SW3.
Rural property price growth closes in on urban rises – Zoopla
The rate of annual price growth in country areas is catching up to urban increases, says Zoopla, but a £50k rural premium remains.
The ONS' urban / rural map
Urban values have risen by 5.
Asking prices tickle an all-time high, despite a muted month – Rightmove
New asking prices are just £30 shy of last June's all-time high, says Rightmove, despite a relatively relaxed 1% rise over the last month.
The number of newly-listed properties on the No.
Newnham crowned ‘Best Place to Live in Britain’
A suburb of Cambridge has been named as the best place to live in the UK.
The Sunday Times reckons Newnham has it licked, combining a village atmosphere with close proximity to a thriving city centre.
Irish prices soar as global property performance slips
Knight Frank's Global House Price Index dropped a touch in the last three months of 2014 - its first fall in over two years - sliding by 0.
Project Blue Monday: Construction work begins on Chelsea Barracks
After eight years of preparation, speculation, and even a royal intervention, it's been reported that construction work has finally begun at the 13-acre Chelsea Barracks site on Chelsea Bridge Road.
INFOGRAPHIC: The richest real estate tycoons in emerging markets
The 2015 Forbes Billionaires List, which ranks those around the world earning more than $US 1 billion by their net worth, included a total of 157 real estate tycoons, 96 of whom were based in the Asia-Pacific…
Prime Property of the Week: Glass Act
Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill
£10.5m
Grosvenor recruits new Major Projects Director for London
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has appointed Simon Harding-Roots as Executive Director, Major Projects, London estate.
Apartment at former home of Sir John Everett Millais asks £4.95m
An apartment at 7 Palace Gate, the former home of painter and illustrator Sir John Everett Millais, has just come up for sale for a shade under £5m.