Location: London
New Presidents step up at the NAEA and ARLA
The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) are delighted to welcome their new presidential teams for the year ahead.
David Mackie
Housing Hotspots: Where are two-thirds of properties on the market already under offer?
Economic catastrophising and European angst are no match for the basic laws of supply and demand, says Jackson-Stops & Staff, as the estate agency tells us that buyers are still snapping up properties…
New Group Comms Director at Grosvenor
Grosvenor has appointed Christian Marroni as the new Group Communications Director for Grosvenor Group and Wheatsheaf Group, the two corporate operating businesses of the Grosvenor Estate.
Weston gets an extra £80m from the banks as it steers clear of ‘over-priced’ prime
HSBC, Lloyds and Bank of Ireland have raised Weston Homes' funding facility by £80m, giving the London and Home Counties property developer access to £200m until 2020.
Bank lending to property developers halves in two years
Bank lending to UK property developers has halved over the past two years, according to new stats out today.
Funding platform Saving Stream says the figure dropped from £32.5 billion to £14.
London bucks the trend as national asking prices hit record high
Every region in the country apart from London recorded a rise in asking prices over the last month, according to Rightmove. The capital's average fall of -0.
Prime Recce: Investigating the Kensington & Holland Park market
Savills has been delving into the Kensington & Holland Park market, the ultra-exclusive enclave of west London where average prices command a 25% premium over even the RBKC average.
At-A-Glance: A chronology of UK property tax tinkering
The slew of recent changes plotted on helpful chronology
Knight Frank boosts resi development division
Knight Frank has strengthened its resi development department with another hire.
Rare Notting Hill investment/development opp listed at £12m
A rather unusual development-slash-investment opportunity has come up on the Ladbroke Estate in the middle of prime W11.
Ten schemes from a top boutique developer: An Amazon Property Retrospective
One of the most successful prime resi developers currently operating in the capital, Charles Gourgey and Chris Lanitis’ Amazon Property has delivered over 60 design-led schemes in some of prime central…
London housing market in for ‘major shock’ after BTL tax hikes warns Deutsche Bank
A stark warning on the capital's "illiquid" housing market sent shockwaves through the financial markets yesterday.
Model of Capco's Earls Court masterplan (Farrells)