Location: London
Prime London’s tenants are getting younger
Under-30s accounted for nearly 90% of the tenancies signed in Q1, reports LCP - up by almost a quarter on last year.
Bumper start to the year for Savills’ auction team
The agency noted a massive increase in telephone bidders at its latest sale, which raised £40m.
Westminster tipped to outperform PCL forecasts
JLL expects the capital's most iconic borough will benefit from a renewed appetite for city living in the wake of the pandemic.
Cain reports penthouse sellout at Islington Square
All 22 penthouses and maisonettes at north London's former Royal Mail sorting office have been sold, with penthouses achieving "in excess of £2,200" per square foot.
‘We are seeing the emergence of a giga-prime market’: The rise of London’s £100m+ homes
Renovation and conversion projects are swelling London's small but significant £100m+ property market, creating private palaces just for billionaires.
Activity surges in Prime London as confidence returns
Sales volumes in Q1 rose to levels not seen since the infamous stamp duty stampede of 2016.
Rutland Gate mega-mansion ‘could be worth between £500m and £600m’
Squire and Partners-designed proposals for the refurbishment of 2-8 Rutland Gate, a 62,000 square foot private palace overlooking Hyde Park, were submitted to Westminster a few weeks ago.
Agency reports string of deals on Kensington ‘most magical’ garden square
Knight Frank’s Kensington team has tucked away four high-end townhouses on Edwardes Square in recent months, and taken on another five.
‘Once in a generation opportunity’ in Kensington as two former university sites come up for sale
Two substantial freehold buildings in W8 have been put up for sale, with a combined guide price of £47 million.
Savills bolsters super-prime lettings team
Kenneth Walsh joins the agency’s high-end rental division based on Sloane Street, covering the £5,000+ per week market across north and central London.
The Times: The inside story of Nick and Christian Candy’s One Hyde Park, the world’s most expensive building
Writing for the Times, Emanuele Midolo explains “how two public school boys from Surrey created the world’s most talked about residential building”.
Charlie Ellingworth: The big question in the property market is around offices
How businesses do business and employees live their lives in the brave new world will shape both the London and country residential markets, writes PV's Charlie Ellingworth.