Location: London
Big mortgage market opening up as high street lenders offer £1m+
The availability of £1m+ mortgages is on the up as high street lenders get back on the big spenders' scene, according to broker Springtide Capital.
Holland Park to get London’s biggest basement extension?
At 16,000 square foot, it's being billed as "the largest and most opulent basement extension ever seen in Central London", but will it get through planning?
Holland Park, London
UK housing stock now worth £5.2 trillion as North-South tilt steepens
The total value of the UK's housing stock rose by £186bn in 2013 to hit £5.2tr, according to some (big) number crunching by Savills, and by £1.6tr over the last decade from £3.6tr in 2003.
Bailey recruits “developer’s eye” to buying team
Robert Bailey's buying agency has recruited Will Hollest to give "a developer's eye" to the outfit.
Strong Q3 for British Land
British Land has been updating the world on its Q3 2013/14 activity, and things look to be going well for the giant developer.
The Clarges Estate
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Edinburgh signals return to normality as transaction levels rocket
Fair Edinburgh has seen a return to "normal, healthy transaction levels", according to the Knight Frank team after they recorded a whopping increase in Q4 deals.
Call To Farms: Buying and developing agricultural land for residential use
We all know it's been a shrewd investment in recent years, but just how easy - or sensible - is it to buy up and develop farmland?
Happy Place: More signs of high homeowner confidence
Countrywide's latest YouGov sentiment survey comes to a very similar conclusion to Knight Frank's version released last week: we're all pretty positive about house prices.
Hamptons acquires North London agency Preston Bennett
Hamptons International's expansion plans have taken another step forward today, with the acquisition of a top North London estate agency.
Goodbye “hotel chic” and other trends for 2014
There'll probably be fewer foreign buyers, dull design schemes and 60s mansards this year, says James Bailey...
£50m “one-stop” equity vehicle launches for resi developers
A new "one-stop equity vehicle" with a £50m war chest has been launched for residential developers and investors.
Supply problem has been 40 years in the making – Hamptons
Any recent property market report will - more likely than not - include the phrase "chronic supply shortage".