Location: London
Cash deals dwindle as smaller landlords tempted to invest
Average rents in the South East have climbed by 10% in the last year, reports Hamptons - while rents in Central London have fallen by 16%.
Avanton embarks on £500m London land buying spree
Property developer Avanton has amassed a £500m fund for "strategic land acquisitions" over the next three years, focused on build-to-rent projects in the capital.
Why global investors are hungry for PCL assets right now
Knight Frank’s Guy Stebbings, whose team has exchanged on well over a billion pounds worth of deals in the last six months, explains why activity levels in the resi investment market are running at…
‘There are still buyers aggressively looking for homes that offer value and quality‘
NW London agency reports snappy asking price deal in Maida Vale as new data shows a big jump in the number of buyers committing after the first viewing.
Chestertons becomes first major agency to go carbon neutral
31-branch London-based operator has just been certified as Net Zero Carbon and is on a quest to become ‘the country’s greenest estate agency’.
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Keeping Up Appearances: An architect’s guide to façade retention projects
With two significant retained-façade projects currently under construction in London, MSMR's James Bell explains the history of façadism and practical considerations for developers of today’s methods...
Strutt & Parker revises property price forecasts, swinging PCL to positive growth this year
Strutt & Parker is now predicting that PCL prices will rise by up to 5% this year, having previously anticipated a drop of up to 5%...
Will the Covid pandemic cause London’s population to decline?
Earlier this week, Capital Economics suggested a decline in London’s population could have a significant impact on its housing market, so is the current trend a blip, quickly reversed - or a turning…
Green light for Regal’s Hackney Road mixed-use scheme
Regal London has secured approval for revised plans to build nine apartments and a hotel in Hoxton.
Savills raises £37m at first auction of 2021
First of two sales arranged to beat the SDLT deadline saw the firm's highest number of registered bidders to date.
Tom Ford’s former Chelsea townhouse sells for record price
Multiple buyers compete over double-fronted villa formerly owned by the American fashion mogul.