Location: London
Boom in residential conversions as planning approvals hit record levels
The number of office sites being converted to domestic accommodation is set to rise significantly over the next two years - primarily in Central London - driven by the continuing rise in residential values,…
London Private Client Networking Evening: 01/11/2012
November's London Private Client Networking Evening is all set to kick off tomorrow night in the private suite of the Balls Brother's Carey Lane venue.
Mayfair penthouse sells for £19.5m (a 400% price increase in 16 years)
A penthouse on Park Lane has just sold for £19.5m, breaking the £4,000 per square foot barrier and achieving a 400 per cent appreciation since being sold by the same agent in 1996.
@HenryPryor’s Top Tweeters
The busiest man on Twitter, Henry Pryor (@henrypryor), has been hard at work compiling a list of the top (or at least most active) property agent Tweeters.
Rise in number of property millionaires
43 per cent of properties in prime areas of London are now worth £1m, up from 34.6 per cent a year ago, according to new research from Marsh & Parsons.
New “Gateway to Southwark” planned
Global asset management firm The Carlyle Group is planning to go big in Southwark: the firm is due to submit detailed plans for a 1.
Interview: Nicola Lavictoire, Chesterton Humberts PRIME Property Sourcing
Chesterton Humberts waded into the property finding arena last week, announcing the launch of a new Property Sourcing service that goes head-to-head with London buying agents, including Knight Frank’s…
New Ladbroke Grove branch for John D Wood
Prime estate agency John D Wood & Co. is all set to open its newest (and sixteenth) London office in Ladbroke Grove on 6th November.
£1m+ sales volume up 13%
It's the twentieth working day of the month, which means one thing - Land Registry Data.
New Partner at Cluttons
Toby Whittome has been promoted to Partner at top-notch estate agency Cluttons. Whittome, formerly Sales Manager, is based at the firm's Belgravia office and previously worked at John D Wood.
Coastal Property Show 30/10/2012
A corner of Mayfair will be transformed into sunny Dorset next week as a seaside superhome showcase comes to town.
HS2: property owners “must act”
So proposals for the HS2 compensation and safeguarding schemes have finally been announced and on-the-ball Knight Frank are urging property owners to act now.