Location: London
Buy-To-Flop: Why these newfangled loans are behind the game
All this recent innovation in mortgage lending looks to be 'too little, too late', says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Countryside Properties shoots for a £1.1bn return to the stock market
Urban regeneration specialist developer Countryside Properties has put a £1.1bn price range on its looming IPO.
If a Tree Falls in a Forest: The implications of Moorjani v Durban Estates
A recent judgment centring on 'whether inconvenience exists if there is no one present to experience it' will send reverberations right through the prime lettings sector, explains Rupert Higgins..
CZWG-designed show apartment unveiled at Islington Square
Sager Group and Cain Hoy have kicked off the sales push at their £400m Islington Square scheme by pulling back the curtains on the all-important show apartment.
Private Property Search expands with two new recruits
Strutt & Parker's buying agency arm, Private Property Search, has been on something of a recruitment drive recently, bringing in two well-known prime London players to join the team
50% of London new-builds should be affordable: Khan’s ‘firm new rules’
Labour's Mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has laid out a pledge, backed-up with "firm new rules for developers", to make 50% of new homes built on public and brownfield land across London affordable.
Paddington’s controversial ‘skinny Shard’ to be downsized
It looks like Irvine Sellar and Westminster Council have caved to widespread opposition to Renzo Piano's design for a "skinny Shard" in W2, nicknamed the "Paddington Pole", making a call to "revise the…
Westminster generating over half of UK ATED receipts
Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) receipts were up £16m (16%) last year, with properties in Westminster generating over half the entire haul.
Boffins pitch ‘premium property tax’ on London’s £5m+ sales
Academics from Goldsmiths, Sheffield and York universities have floated the idea of slapping a "premium property tax" on London's prime property market to pay for social and affordable housing.
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Holland Park mansion with mega potential goes for £30m
Holland Park's double-fronted villas regularly command some of London's loftiest prices, but not many come with scope to more than triple the space on offer.
Sir Stuart Hampson steps down from ‘one of the best jobs in real estate’
Sir Stuart Hampson has announced he'll be retiring from his role as Chairman of the Crown Estate after six years at the helm.
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The average London property price increased by 12.4% in 2015
Average property prices across England and Wales increased by 6.4% last year, after pushing up by 1.2% in December, according to the latest from the Land Registry.