Location: London
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.
Savills launches dedicated property service for ‘the professional sporting elite’
Savills is pitching its wares at wealthy sports stars around the world with a new dedicated team "which will offer a confidential property service to the professional sporting elite, who seek discretion, …
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.
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.
Property Marketing Awards: Open for entries
The Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors is calling for entries from "the most innovative and creative marketing campaigns in the UK property industry" for its annual awards event in June.
Galliard and Cain Hoy bag 7.7-hectare Royal Docks site for resi development
Galliard Homes and Cain Hoy have acquired the lead stake in Peruvian Wharf, a 7.7-hectare derelict brownfield site opposite the O2, with plans to create a residential-led scheme.
The Gilded Youth: Attracting the next generation of wealth
The market moved away from typecasting the buyer as being a particular nationality some time ago and we can now add age into the mix, says Joe Burns