Location: London
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
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
Dalemain: Garden of the Year 2013
Dalemain in Cumbria has been named Garden of the Year 2013
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…
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
Savills stock plummets as Oaktree sells up
Shares in Savills have dropped by 7.4% as Oaktree Capital - who just floated Countrywide - sold nearly 6% of the business (approx. 7.8 million shares), according to Thompson Reuters
Linley briefed on Henry Moore Court design
Developer Athos Group has appointed LINLEY to design its showcase apartment at Henry Moore Court in Chelsea. The £13.
The Doer-Upper Diary: I bet it’s not like this over at Candy & Candy…
After an invigorating tour of India, doer upper Alan Page's triumphant London return takes a turn as he risks losing a chunk of the margin on his first SW3 renovation project, and weighs the relative merits…
London keeps World #1 Financial Centre title
London is still the world's top financial centre, maintaining a clear 20 point lead from New York in second place, although there's ever more stiff competition from Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Zurich, …
Thomas Eggar bolsters private client tax team as UHNWI demand grows
Top notch law firm Thomas Eggar LLP has further strengthened its private client tax team in London with the appointment of Mark Pearce as partner - the firm's third big appointment in the last few months