Location: London
Northern Lines: HS2 Phase Two route revealed
As the controversial consultation on property and compensation draws to a close (responses need to be in by Thursday), the Dept for Transport has announced the preferred route for the HS2 rail link's next…
Prime London property prices rocket over 50% in three years
In case you needed reminding, the trajectory of London's prime property market has resembled one of NASA's more extreme training exercises over the last few years.
Qatari Diar puts Chelsea Barracks on hold
Qatar's property investment arm, Qatari Diar, has put its £3bn Chelsea Barracks super-prime resi scheme on ice, according to a report in The Guardian.
View from the Shard gets sketchy
Stephen Wiltshire, the celebrated British artist who draws remarkably detailed cityscapes from memory, has pen-and-inked the panorama from London's newest visitor attraction.
Banda builds on Battersea power
Edo Mapelli Mozzi
Kensington-based search, acquisition and development management firm Banda Property has purchased and secured planning on two major sites in hotly-tipped Battersea, SW London.
London’s 20 fastest-selling developments revealed
Fitzroy Place has proved especially popular with SE Asian buyers
Prime Trends: South East Asian buyers
Fitzroy Place has proved exceptionally popular with South East Asian buyers
Demand for resi new-build is sky high and rising.
Goodwill Hunting: Whatever happened to the gentleman’s agreement?
Enough of the cut-throat culture - it's time for independent agents to form a coalition, says James Bailey...
Portal pitches punchy prices
Scott Green
New kid on the portal block, needaproperty.com, is throwing its resources into taking on the big boys with the launch of a new user platform next month.
Industry Reaction: Resi payday as Boles opens plans for office conversions
"Imminent" plans to relax planning regulations to allow the conversion of office blocks into residential units under Permitted Development Rights (reported yesterday here) have got the prime property industry…
Bad press? Go to The Brewery
Effective crisis management can dig you out of the deepest bunker, says William Cash. You just need someone like Matthew Freud and his highbrow journal The Brewery in your corner.
Cash buyers drop by 20%
Stats from Cluttons show that the number of cash buyers in prime central London dropped by a fifth last year, whilst the proportion of mortgaged buyers doubled.