Location: London
Amazon builds Soho portfolio with office block acquisition
Luxury residential developer Amazon Property has bought a 20,500 sq ft office block in the middle of Soho.
Swan House, 52 Poland Street is currently home to seven floors of offices with Yo!
Peace to chair TTA
Liz Peace - the outgoing Chief Exec of the British Property Federation - is joining PR agency TTA Property.
TTA is the property arm of Good Relations, the PR limb of marketing gigantor Chime PLC.
Fulham outperforms as prime London rental values continue to rise
Average rents across prime London turned in a positive performance during Q2, reports Chestertons, ticking up by 0.5% on Q1.
They're still down by 0.
Ministers look into San Francisco-style ‘park tax’ proposals
A leading think tank has suggested a new levy for UK homeowners who live next to a park or green space.
London Design Festival: 13th – 21st September 2014
There's just tonnes of interiors and design stuff going in London from the 13th - 21st September for the London Design Festival. Here's a small(ish) selection of highlights:
A Place Called Home
New Exec Director for City & Westminster Property Associations
The City and Westminster Property Associations - which look after the interests of over 400 of prime central London's property owners, developers, investors and advisors - has appointed a new Executive…
Parallel Worlds: Where does London’s market move in unison?
There are patterns within patterns in London's property market, notes Knight Frank, which has drawn a couple of maps to illustrate.
London house prices have risen by 19.3% in the last 12 months – ONS
While still strong, the pace of annual house price growth in the UK has dropped a smidge, from +10.4% in the year to May to +10.
Why is Dubai’s mainstream market outperforming its luxury homes market?
What lessons can the UK Government learn from policy decisions in other prime property markets around the world? Knight Frank's Khawar Khan explains the reasons behind Dubai's dual-speed market...
The Big Summer Sale: Record drop in August asking prices points to slower H2 – Rightmove
The average asking price of newly-marketed property across England and Wales is down by 2.9% (-£7,758) this month compared to last, according to Rightmove.
Mishcon launches real estate apprenticeship scheme
Got your A-level results and keen to make your mark on the property world, but not sold on uni?
Who’s just snapped up this £34m Nash masterpiece?
It's been reported that professional shark-botherer Damien Hirst has just bagged this extraordinary Grade I-listed affair in Regent's Park.