Location: London
Hackney Quick: 350 buyers queue up in East London
If you needed proof that the capital's property market was sizzling hot right now, how about 350 buyers queuing up outside an estate agency for the chance to buy an off-plan flat?
The Mission
Land Designs: The art of effective hardscaping
Know your Otta Phyllite from your Alta Quartzite? Us neither.
“Best waterside development site on the South Coast” comes up for sale
Billed as "the best waterside development site on the entire English South Coast", a massive opportunity has come up in Devon with plans for 90 new homes with direct river frontage.
Chances to buy 3.
Lodha strikes again in London with £90m Holborn acquisition
Mumbai-based uber-developer Lodha has struck again in prime London, buying the London School of Business and Finance's Holborn campus, New Court on Carey Street, for around £90m with big plans to turn…
Middleton expands into London
Home Counties buying agency Middleton Advisors is expanding into the capital to deal with "a rising number of commissions to acquire prime London residential property."
Watson
Battersea Power Station gears up for launch of next phase
Strap on your helmets; a date's been set for the next Battersea Power Station stampede.
Jones Lang LaSalle looks to raise resi agency profile
Jones Lang LaSalle is going on the PR offensive, signing-up the media mavens at Foundation PR to raise the profile of its London residential agency business amongst consumers.
Design firm 19 Greek Street bags Saint Martins Lofts commission
One of our fave schemes of 2014 so far, the resi re-imagining of the iconic Saint Martins School of Art in London's Charing Cross, has hired Soho-based design hub 19 Greek Street to style the show apartment…
Martin Grant spanks £30m on six new sites
Martin Grant Homes looks to be making a play for prime commuter-ville, snapping up six new sites over the last couple of months in Balham, Epsom, Guildford, Woking and Reigate, with a combined value of…
House Tales: Somerleyton Hall
With stained glass by Ballantyne of Edinburgh, a carved oak library by Willcox of Warwick, built-in paintings by Landseer and one of the country's finest formal gardens with Paxton-designed hothouses,…
PCL resi will be the best performing major asset type in 2014 – Chesterton Humberts
Chesterton Humberts is backing London prime resi to significantly outperform both gold and the FTSE 100 in 2014.
The firm's latest index has tipped capital values to rise by 10.
Banda appoints new Finance Manager and acquires three more PCL development sites
Fresh from delivering one of the hottest boutique schemes of 2013, developer slash search agency Banda has hired a new Finance Manager, the third permanent member of staff to join in the last twelve months.