Location: London
The Big Freeze: Nathalie Hirst on waiting for the top of the market to thaw
For those with nerves of steel and an iron constitution, it's a good time to take a punt, says top buying agent Nathalie Hirst...
The £45m fixer-upper: ‘Historic and palatial’ Swakeleys House hits the market
Swakeleys House, an epic Grade I listed Jacobean manor in Ickenham (Zone Six; within the M25), has hit the market for resi restoration with a £45m price tag.
£250m Teddington Studios scheme sold to Singaporean developer
Just three months after planning was given to turn one of the UK's best-known film studios into a £250m resi scheme, a buyer has been found in the shape of a listed Singaporean developer with a billionaire …
Hedge funds begin to cash-in on a falling London property market
"Several hedge funds have taken out short positions, essentially bets that a company’s share price will fall, against estate agents Foxtons and Savills, along with property portal Zoopla, and housebuilder B…
Kebbell starts work on new ‘enclave’ in Chiswick
Developer Kebbell Homes has started building a batch of fairly chunky new homes in leafy Chiswick, west London.
Chestertons calls off the £50m search for a buyer
Seven months after hanging out the for sale sign, Chestertons has called off the search for a buyer for the agency
INTERVIEW: Niccoló Barattieri di San Pietro of Northacre on building the best of the best
In conversation with the CEO of super-prime developer Northacre
Prime Property of the Week: High & Mighty
The High Command, Anchor Brewhouse, London
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Billed as "a penthouse to rival any other in the world", the views from the upper levels of this former Courage Brewery are indeed tough to top.
SDLT and All That: UK home buying costs Vs the rest of the world
Despite last year's Stamp Duty overhaul ladling some extra bulk on to the cost of buying a top-end home in Britain, the UK's prime buyer's burden is still pretty competitive in the global marketplace, sa…
Where have prices risen fastest to £2m in the last 20 years?
Under the auspices of working out where long-standing homeowners might be hit hardest by a new mansion tax, Knight Frank has drawn up a list of areas that have seen the biggest property price climbs to …
Marsh & Parsons recruits Barclays big cheese as COO
Marsh & Parsons has hired a top retail guru from Barclays to step in as Chief Operating Officer at the estate agency.
‘Country house clause’ triumph for Warwickshire mansion
It's not often you see planning granted for new-build houses in open countryside, especially not for ones that sprawl over nearly 10,000 square feet.