Location: London
‘Open equity investment platform’ backs nu:group’s Fulham scheme in 24-hour fundraise
Cogress, an "open equity investment platform for property", has pulled off a £1.35m fundraise within 24 hours to back a high-end four-townhouse scheme in Fulham.
New resi JV premieres with £40m Hayes waterside scheme
A new residential development joint venture has launched with plans to build a £40m Rolfe Judd-designed waterside apartments scheme in Hayes (near the new Crossrail station), and there are "more projects…
Will 2016 be ‘the year of the owner-occupier’?
We're still only a month in, but Jackson-Stops & Staff has already come up with a few resi development trends for 2016. Here's a quick overview...
Developers spread their wings
‘A muted start to the year’ as prices edge up in prime central London
It's "a muted start to the year" says Knight Frank, echoing recent sentiments from LonRes, as property prices in prime central London rose by 0.1% in January, edging annual growth up to 1.2%.
Knight Frank New Homes boosts London team
Knight Frank's burgeoning New Homes operation has added another name to the teamsheet in London, with the hire of former Chestertons and Currell man Christopher Jones.
Gulf-based buyers ‘piling in’ to UK property market
Buyers from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are "piling in" to the British property market to beat the stamp duty surcharge, according to top-end mortgage broker deVere.
TfL names 13 property partners for its major resi development programme
Transport for London (TfL) has named 13 property development companies and consortiums to a development framework which will see resi and commercial re-inventions of some of the capital's most wanted locations.
Why a year of no growth would be better for the market
LonRes Chairman William Carrington cautions against the expectation of a resumption of price rises...
Agents gloomy on prime London prospects as demand wanes
The latest survey of agents by LonRes has painted a "fairly gloomy" picture of the prime London market.
Green light for Banda’s ‘statement’ scheme in Chelsea
The Royal Borough's planners have given their approval to Banda Property's very contemporary Haptic Architects-designed project on Rawlings Street and Rosemoor Street in the heart of the Chelsea Conservation…
Mind The Gaps: London Underground Property Map 2016
Combining house prices and the tube is a surefire way to get capital-dwellers engaged, so canny old eMoov is onto a winner with its London Underground Property Map.
London ‘remains attractive’ to investors; trophy home buyers, not so much
Despite the Chancellor’s best attempts to slow the market, demand for privately rented accommodation in the capital is holding, says Black Brick's Camilla Dell.