Location: London
Exec management call-up for Taylor Wimpey London MD
Taylor Wimpey has appointed a new member to its executive management team.
Rising prices bring vendors out of the woodwork – RICS
After months of low stock and relatively few new properties hitting the market, rising prices and burgeoning buyer demand have led to significant increases in homes coming onto the UK property market,…
Building Bonanza: Planning applications up 30%
The number of planning applications for big resi schemes has rocketed by 30% in the last year, according to research by construction bods Glenigan and Barbour ABI and Knight Frank
The Doer Upper Vs The Estate Agent from Hell
Not all agents are equal... In his latest escapade, our resident Doer Upper Alan Page has a run-in with the worst kind while doing a kind deed. This is how not to sell a property..
Heaton up as buying agency expands
Heaton & Partners, the property buying business set up in February by former PropertyVision director Ed Heaton, seems to be riding high in an "unusual market"
Mansion Tax: A nightmare on Great George Street
Rather than benefit the working majority, a mansion tax could, in fact, do the opposite, says Tony Hennessey...
Imagine for a moment that it is June 2015
The battle of Britain goes on in Singapore
No less than six London property projects exhibited their developments in Singapore last weekend – with two further projects from outside the capital trying to tempt local buyers and investors to splash t…
Grosvenor and Colliers make a move on Brunei
One of the first London Property Exhibitions to take place in Brunei happened last week, notes PropertyGuru's Andrew Batt, with agents describing both the levels of interest and sales as being far better…
£5.25m apartment in One Hyde Park “repossessed”
Ears were bound to prick up when a £5.25m apartment was offered "By Appointment of Receivers" earlier today, but few could have expected the address to be quite so prominent...
Questions over Westminster’s “£31m loss” on s106 payments
Labour Councillors have accused Westminster Council of allowing developers to "buy out" their on-site affordable homes obligations at a "cut price", and losing out on a massive £31,130,387 as a result.
Southbank hits prime stride as £2000 psf beckons – CBRE
Featuring that instant-classic visualisation of London's Southbank in ten years' time, CBRE's authoritative report on the area's transformation is not to be missed
High Performance: Classic Cars are the new gold standard investment
Putting money in nice (expensive) things is a shrewd move, according to Knight Frank's Luxury Investment Index