Location: London
London retains ‘World’s Most Expensive City’ to live/work title
London has held on to the dubious honour of being "the world’s most expensive city to accommodate an employee" for the third year, says Savills, although the firm suggests that both London and second-placed…
Mapping the Market: London’s Golden Postcodes lose their shine
London's Golden Postcodes are losing their shine, as both sale and rentals values slip according to the latest analysis by Knight Frank.
Sale prices across prime central London dipped by 0.
South Oxfordshire tops rural quality of life rankings
South Oxfordshire has claimed the title for best rural quality of life in the UK, after only just scraping in the the top ten last year.
Two-unit amalgamation deemed ‘development’
An owner looking to combine two London flats into a single unit has been denied a LDC after a planning inspector decided the work would come under the official sec.55 definition of "development".
Sub-£1m properties ‘face extinction’ in Mayfair and the West End
The sub-£1m home is soon to become a thing of the past in Mayfair and the wider West End.
Resi plans drawn up for Park Lane Hilton Tower
The Livingstone brothers' London & Regional have devised plans to add 28 luxury apartments at the top of the Park Lane Hilton Tower.
Mayfair townhouse tops January’s recorded deals
Only a handful of super-prime resi deals featured in the latest release of Land Registry data, which looks increasingly like the new normal.
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Osborne trumpets a ‘fair, workable, lasting’ SDLT reform
George Osborne says that over 780,000 homebuyers saved an estimated £657m on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in the year since the tax was reformed, while receipts from £1m+ sales increased by 15%.
Demand slips in prime central London as uncertainty catches on
"Uncertainty in financial markets and domestic political concerns have moderated demand in prime central London," says Knight Frank.
JLL cuts central London resi development growth forecasts
Weakened demand has prompted JLL to significantly downgrade its forecasts for central London's resi development market.
Prices push up as £1m+ deals flow – Land Registry
A 2.5% monthly increase has taken the annual rate of house price growth to +7.1%, according to the latest from the Land Registry.
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Prime Central London: An investors’ market review
There's no denying that things in prime central London have become more tricky, with some punitive tax changes and a deceleration of price growth, but the Golden Postcodes and their environs have "demonstrated remarkable…