Location: London
Phene rises as resi development plans shot down
Controversial plans to turn one of Chelsea's best-loved pubs into a super-prime home seem to have disappeared down the hatch today, as delirious reports filter in of the Phene Arms' purchase by the City…
Northbeach goes to work on Connaught Place scheme
Northbeach Capital Partners, the PCL development management, investment and advisory arm of Northbeach, has announced a new project overlooking Hyde Park, due for completion in August 2013
London property: historically stable, and not over-heating – Savills
The prime London property market is historically stable, with prime London house prices recording an unprecedented two and a half years of steady growth, according to the latest from Savills
London was the only prime world city to see rents fall in 2012
Knight Frank's Prime Global Rental Index rose by 1.6% in the final quarter of 2012, taking the annual increase to 5.1% and putting the index 20% above its post-financial crisis low in Q2 2009
RBKC to hold basement Q&A
Just a quick update on the ongoing basement saga in RBKC; Kensington & Chelsea Council will be holding a Q&A session on the second draft of its Basement Policy on 8th April
Serrano on the hunt for £500m of trophy buildings
Rafael Serrano's Prime Investors Capital is on the hunt for more trophy buildings in London, according to an interview with the Financial Times
Thumbs up for TateHindle’s Cambridge scheme
Countryside Properties, supported by architectural practice, TateHindle, has secured reserved matters planning consent from Cambridge City Council for a 5.2
PCL micro-markets still performing for landlords as location trumps size
According to new figures out today, London's prime micro-markets have been performing particularly well for landlords of late, despite a 50% slow down in rental inflation over the past 12 months
Prime country house prices rise for first time in two years
The first uplift in country house prices since 2011 has been recorded by Knight Frank's Prime Country House Index, although values remain roughly around 2004's levels and performance has depended greatly o…
PCL house prices have halved over five years (but only if you’re buying with gold bullion)
It'll cost you five gold bars to buy a house in prime central London these days; five years ago, it would have cost ten
Extension extension plans will still go ahead, despite Lords defeat
The House of Lords' rejection of coalition plans to allow double-size planning-free extensions to properties for three years will not, according to the Government, change anything
35% jump in London’s £2m+ sales
Whilst the latest data from Land Registry's House Price Index showed an overall year-on-year drop of 15% in the number of transactions across the UK in December, it was different rules as usual for the p…