Location: London
2021 starts with ‘a noticeable drop off’ in property demand
January saw buyer enquiries, agreed sales and new instructions fall for the first time since May, according to the latest RICS survey - but house prices continue to rise (for now).
Godfrey goes on the hunt for PCL projects
Paul Godfrey's development firm has just sold the final apartment at its latest scheme in Hampstead, and is in talks over a number of sites in the capital.
Westminster to auction off iconic street signs
Council offers ‘unique chance to own a piece of London’s history’
Buyer bags Berkeley Square’s only penthouse
Top-floor spread two doors down from Annabel’s goes through at over £4,000 per square foot.
Harding Green expands beyond PCL; offers share incentive to top agents
Top-end broker-style estate agency Harding Green is offering its agents a stake in the company every time they do a deal.
Prime development site hits the market in Fulham
Half-acre plot just off the King’s Road is being marketed with scope for a new resi-led scheme.
Look north of Hyde Park for the rise of the next London village
Bayswater is the most central London location that currently looks genuinely under-priced, writes Ed Lewis, as he takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the landmark addresses lining Hyde Park & Kensington…
Knight Frank bolsters Belgravia sales team
Bertie Hare has made the move to Knight Frank after 11 years with Strutt & Parker.
Mass exodus of foreign workers could hit London house prices – Capital Economics
Analysis links sudden drop in UK population to ‘huge rise in vacancy rates’ in the London and Midlands rental markets.
‘An unusual year’: Britain’s pandemic property market in nine charts
The ONS has produced a series of charts that illustrate what happened to the property market in 2020, from national price inflation rates to a growing preference for larger homes.
Tenants drawn to PCL as Zone 1 rents fall to lowest levels in decade
"The 'escape to the country' trend has a shelf life", reports Knight Frank, as demand for central London rental picks up.
Aristocratic Eaton Place townhouse pitched at £18m
In Pictures: This nine-bedroom house in Belgravia was the former home of Lily Spencer-Churchill, the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough.