Location: London
Winning Idea: Hamptons hosts “Best of British” raffle for Cancer Research
As part of the agency's official corporate partnership with Cancer Research UK, Hamptons International is putting on the mother of all raffles in aid of the charity next week
New Head of UK Asset Management for Butterfield
Paul O’Neill has joined private bank Butterfield as head of UK asset management. It's a new role at the firm that is intended bring its research and portfolio management functions a bit closer together.
“Mayfair is Missing” campaign to get Mayfair back in the Monopoly game
Flemings Hotel has launched campaign to get Mayfair re-instated on the Monopoly board
High Riser: £6.5m Water Tower makes a splash
Remember this beauty from the 100th episode of "Grand Designs"? You know, the one when Kevin McCloud expresses doubts about the owners' ambitious plans, which then overran, but they still ended up with…
PCL “remains robust” as prices rise again in March – Knight Frank
Average prices in prime central London rose again last month, according to Knight Frank, as activity "remained robust". The firm recorded a rise of 0.
Get In: Reubens win Mayfair mansion planning
The Reuben brothers scored a big win at Westminster Council's planning meeting last night, securing approval on their plans to turn the old In and Out Club on Piccadilly into London's most expensive home,…
London’s luxury house price growth “is probably unsustainable” – Grosvenor
Grosvenor Group is not convinced about the future of London's prime property market, despite the company owning swathes of prime central London and this year's financial results being driven by its property…
Agents on tour as country property exhibitions hit the road
Tempting buyers with the promise of fresh air, a slower pace of life and bags and bags of space, country property exhibitions are definitely the flavour of the month this April
Doomed by Design: Who’d want to be an architect?
Architects should be able to create something thrilling and dynamic with our homes, says Doer Upper Alan Page, but that's rarely the case these days..
Redressing the Balance: New rules for letting agents are “step in the right direction”
Tenants will soon receive a right to challenge "rogue" lettings agents, with the government today demanding that all agents sign up to an approved redress scheme
“Obsolete” offices could make way for 11,500 new homes
11,500 new homes could be created by converting 7.4m sq ft of the UK’s obsolete office stock, according to some number-crunching in Lambert Smith Hampton's latest Office Market Review.
Council likely to kick out In and Out resi plans
**UPDATE: Get In - Reubens win approval** It looks like the Reuben brothers' scheme to turn Piccadilly's Grade I listed In and Out club, which they bought for £130m back in 2011, into London's most expensive …