Location: London
Westminster named ‘London’s most lenient borough’ after approving 99% of new homes requests
Despite all the Brexit uncertainty, new home approvals in London unexpectedly rose to 6,310 in Q2 2016, with Westminster "soaring ahead" in terms of approvals and applications.
Ten projects from one of London’s most creative luxury architecture & design firms
Multidisciplinary practice Studio Indigo has been the creative force behind some of the most innovative, individual and inspiring residential schemes of recent years
Camden backs Candy’s plans for ‘historic garden’ in Regent’s Park
Billionaire developer creating £200m trophy home
In Pictures: Timber triumphs from the 2016 Wood Awards
It might all sound a bit niche, but the annual Wood Awards are worth checking out for some of the best craftsmanship in the UK, from the architectural to the product-led.
‘Significant opportunities’ in London’s prime fringe as new-build premium tumbles
With value the name of the game at the moment, it sounds like owner-occupiers who've previously dismissed London's new developments would do well to take another look...
House price growth ‘runs out of steam’ – RICS
Residential property price inflation stumbled in July to its lowest ebb in three years, and surveyors' near-time expectations have taken a gloomy turn, says the Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors.
Brace of new recruits at Rokstone
David McGuinness joins the firm as lead valuer
Fortwell brings on two new senior players to the development finance team
High-value short-term real estate lender Fortwell Capital has created and filled a new Head of Development Finance role, and recruited a new Senior Analyst to the development finance team.
We have seen ‘the most turbulent changes to the Prime Central London market since 1991’
A "notably quiet" Q2 in prime central London belies some significant property market movements over the last 18-or-so months, says JLL, with December 2014's stamp duty changes heralding a period of much…
Derbyshire elected as next RIBA President
Chair of HTA Design LLP
PCL development land values slide back to 2014’s level
The value of development land in prime central London has tumbled by 9.4% on the year, sliding back to levels last seen in the Summer of 2014.
Q2's quite dramatic -6.
More architects scale back London operations
A few weeks after it was reported that top practices Make, Sheppard Robson and AL_A were shedding staff, two more firms appear to be scaling back citing post-Brexit uncertainty.