Location: London
By Royal Appointments: Recruitment drive for the palaces’ property team
Had enough of all those squalid Mayfair penthouses and minor stately homes?
Stable Investments: The rise of London’s mews houses
Hugely sought-after throughout prime central London, mews properties make both extremely individual homes and solid bets.
Why London needs overseas property buyers
Foreign dosh - around £3bn of it in 2011 according to Jones Lang LaSalle - "underpins" the entire London property market, argues London First, which lobbies on behalf of businesses in London.
Design Matters: 61% of Londoners think architecture affects quality of life
Flying right up in the face of that universal truth that we need to build more homes, housebuilder Berkeley has polled Londoners and found that the majority would prefer fewer homes to be built, but to…
Winkworth opens in Guildford
Winkworth has opened its 93rd UK office, and fifth new one this year, in Guildford, Surrey. This latest branch is part the agency's plan to capitalise on booming markets in London's commuter belt;
Foxtons floats for £649m
Foxtons will start life on the London Stock Exchange with a value of £649m (a cool $1bn), right at the top-end of the expected £550-650m range.
Shares in the estate agency were valued at £2.
House price optimism hits highest level since 2010
Britain's householders reckon the value of their bricks and mortar rose for the sixth consecutive month in September, according to Knight Frank and Markit's latest mood reading effort, and are more upbeat…
RBKC to start drafting Notting Hill Gate development brief
RBKC has reported "a very good response" to its series of consultations on the future of Notting Hill Gate, with over 150 visitors rocking up to the exhibition, 225 questionnaires returned by post and…
Big Guns: In search of London’s largest homes
For our friends over in the commercial sector, ambition is measured by the loft of a skyscraper - demonstrated to great effect by the Shard et al - but here in the residential world, it's lateral space…
ES Power 1000: London property’s most influential
Releasing the authoritative rundown of the most influential Londoners last night, the Evening Standard revealed its "Power 1000" list was topped by a mewling baby this year.
Osborne: “Let’s not pretend there’s a housing boom”
George Osborne has told the Institute of Directors that the property market is not overheating.
Banda’s Battersea bonanza as bakery scheme sells out in a day
All five apartments in the developer's latest project near Battersea Park have exchanged within 24 hours of launch