Location: London
London: The world’s wealth leader – Candy & Candy GPS Report (Part Two):
The second part of Candy & Candy's Global Prime Sector report gives the inside track on London's position as the ultra-high net worth capital of the world.
Tokyo leads luxury residential market slowdown as Europe still struggles – Knight Frank
The average price of luxury homes in the world’s key cities fell by 0.
Lauristons looking to buy
Lauristons, the LSL-owned West London estate agency, is actively looking to expand by buying other local lettings agents.
Waitrose adds 25% to local property prices – Savills
What came first: the supermarket or the super market? Savills, having gorged on regional house price stats, has revealed that a Waitrose in the neighbourhood can raise local property prices by up to 50%.
The Doer-Upper Diary: Done up
It is done.
CBRE launches “first of its kind” property apprenticeship
CBRE has launched a six-year UK apprenticeship scheme - the first of its kind in the property sector - that will, to start with, offer 10 young people the opportunity to work towards becoming a fully qualified…
The New Help: Mayfair homes employ more domestic staff now than in Georgian times
Roles may have changed a bit, but Mayfair specialist estate agent Wetherell has worked out that there are more domestic staff in the area now than during the Georgian and Victorian eras.
Winkworth rolls out new cab campaign
Winkworth has launched a fleet of 25 branded London black cabs as part of its latest national ad campaign.
London saw £2.3bn of £10m+ transactions in 2012, up 18% on 2007 – Candy & Candy
The first part of the inaugural GPS (Global Prime Sector) report from interior design and development management company Candy & Candy has many graphs in soft pastel shades, and much insight from the likes…
46% of prime London homes are £1m+, as off-centre property flourishes
We're going to need a new acronym. We've been hearing a lot recently about the "prime fringes" of London and of a "wealth creep" into areas outside of the traditional PCL (prime central London).
Confidence Building: Busiest quarter for construction industry since 2007
More professionals in the construction sector saw workloads rise than at any time since the end of 2007, according to the latest RICS construction market survey.
New plans for Clarges Estate scheme; resi element boosted to nearly 50%
British Land has upped the resi component of its Mayfair masterplan from 63,000 sq ft to a whopping 94,000 sq ft - making up nearly half of the entire scheme.