Location: London
Developing Market: 10% of Chelsea buyers are developers
International buyers accounted for 56.5% of Chelsea specialist Russell Simpson's sales last year, while nearly three quarters of new tenants were from overseas.
London’s £5m+ market climbs 24%, but under-performs the rest of prime
London's £5m+ market broke all the records for volume and value in 2013, says Savills, but price growth at the top of the top-end was slower than the capital's prime market's average, and per square foot…
Objects of Desire #2: Trophy property and the headless investment
The heart over-rules the head for many buyers of 'Billionaire Property' says Stephen Rees, Head of Real Estate Advisory at Coutts, in the second part of the bank's Objects of Desire report into passion…
Strong finish for D&G as December activity spiked
December kicked right off in Douglas & Gordon's patch, with a 50% increase in the number of properties hitting the market, a 20% jump in new buyer registrations and a 40% hike in the number of offers received.
Objects of Desire #1: The driving forces behind passion investments
In the first part of Coutts' new Objects of Desire Index - which charts the returns on "passion investments" from trophy homes and classic cars to jewels and wine - Mohammad Kamal Syed, Head of Strategic…
Northacre appointed on super-prime scheme by Buckingham Palace
Northacre has been confirmed as the development manager on the much-anticipated 1 Palace Street scheme, right next to Buckingham Palace.
Under the terms of an agreement with Palace Revive Ltd.
Savills launches interactive prime property price map
Savills has launched a new interactive property price map of the UK by pointing out that house prices rose, on average, by 7% in 2013.
The Pool on the Hill: John Lennon’s Surrey mansion up for £14m
John Lennon's old digs on the St George's Hill Estate in Weybridge, where he wrote much of the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, are up for sale for £13.75m with Knight Frank.
Easement Don’t Stop the Music: Ministry of Sound strikes deal with developer
It's been claimed that a "ground-breaking" deal over noise could pave the way for other residential development projects near entertainment venues, after The Ministry of Sound and Englewood Ltd reached…
Public gets right to demand sale of government-owned property and land
New "Right to Contest" powers have officially come into force today, allowing the public to contest the use of central government land and property and apply for its release.
London tops foreign investment hotlist
London has pipped New York to be named as the world's top city for foreign estate investment opportunity, according to a survey by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate.
Town or Country: Downturn has created two distinct markets
"The London influence on the rest of the UK remains weak," says Jackson-Stops & Staff, which has led to two very distinct markets emerging from the economic woes of the last five years.