Location: London
Prime country market “comes back to life”
The prime country house market has "come back to life" in 2013, according to Knight Frank, with a 0.8% uplift in Q3 marking the third consecutive quarter of price growth.
Super-prime on the rise as London’s £10m+ market blossoms
The last three months have been the best yet for Knight Frank's super-prime team, with more new buyers looking for £10m+ homes than ever before, and the average price of the top-end's top end climbing…
Housing optimism hits new (but not that high) heights
Consumers' perceptions of the UK property market continue to get ever-more rosy - but are still generally morose - according to the latest sentiment survey from Lloyds Bank.
Winkworth opens second Surrey office this year
Winkworth has just opened it's second Surrey office this year, in Cobham, to capitalise on commuting buyers. The first, in Guildford, launched last month (October);
Luxed-Out: Why super-prime needs a new definition
Now used to describe any property at the top end of the market, the traditional definition of "super-prime" is looking increasingly out of date, says Joe Burns...
Canadian High Commission: Fenton Whelan joins £250m fray
Another big hitter has joined in the ruckus for the £250m Canadian High Commission building in Mayfair.
Battersea Power Station bags £790m in development finance
In one of the biggest property finance deals of the year, Battersea Power Station's development manager has closed on £790.2m in syndicated development and land financing facilities.
New Master Plan Director for CBRE
Peter Dijkhuis has joined CBRE’s Building Consultancy Project Group as Director of Master Planning.
West Country agents get behind Agents’ Mutual
It's not just the big chains that are throwing their all in with the new Agents' Mutual property portal.
Mortgage lending hits five-year high on the back of “overwhelmingly positive” economic news
"We do not expect the Bank of England to move quickly to raise interest rates, once the UK passes the 7% unemployment threshold," says the Council of Mortgage Lenders, as "housing activity is set to strengthen…
River Banking: London’s waterfront market
"The top 10 cities in the world for global real estate in terms of both where to live and invest are all located either on the banks of a major river, on the harbour front or by the ocean," points out…
Brand Slam: Zoopla catches up with Rightmove
Relatively young upstart Zoopla reckons it's neck and neck with Rightmove in the brand awareness stakes these days.