Location: London
Prime Property of the Week: Turner Prize
Star & Garter, Richmond, Surrey
£1.2m-£7.5m
One of the most important launches of the autumn is happening tomorrow in leafy Richmond.
Plans go in for 246-unit redevelopment of New Scotland Yard
Plans have gone in to Westminster Council for the £1bn residential redevelopment of New Scotland Yard (or Ten Broadway, as it will be rebranded).
Property lender brings in Candy branders for ‘brand evolution’
Real estate finance house Omni Capital has hired a design studio run by the duo that used to take care of Candy & Candy's brand image to provide "a full range of strategical design services and capabilities."
One Hyde Park vendor offers £9m stamp duty sweetener
The owner of the most expensive flat on the open market, Apartment C.08.1 in One Hyde Park, has offered to cover the mammoth £9m stamp duty bill staring down potential buyers.
Year of the Dragon: Hong Kong developer bags green light for £8.4bn Greenwich scheme
Hong Kong mega-developer Knight Dragon has been given the go ahead for its ambitious Greenwich Peninsula masterplan, delivering 15,720 new homes and a whole new district twice the size of Soho.
Turning Schemes Into Reality: On delivering unusual and adventurous developments
London is playing host to some of the most innovative design in the world just now, particularly at the luxury end of the property market.
RICS doubles house price growth forecast for this year
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has amended its forecasts for this year to reflect higher price growth and lower transaction levels.
VanHan optimistic on PCL sales market
Thomas van Straubenzee and Rory Penn's boutique agency VanHan is expecting the market to pick up in prime central London over the next three months, and has tipped Mayfair as the hotspot to watch.
As a cooling measure, stamp duty reform has succeeded – Knight Frank
"As a cooling measure, December’s stamp duty rise for high-value property has succeeded", says Knight Frank in its latest prime London round-up.
HNW advisory Berkeley Hurrell bolsters legal team
Boutique resi property and private wealth firm Berkeley Hurrell has strengthened its PCL offering with the hire of Beth Carey as solicitor.
Rogers blames big house builders for housing shortage
"We need to challenge the monopoly of big house builders," trumpeted superstar architect Richard Rogers at the launch of his flatpack home product.
Winkworth profits hit by sales slump
Winkworth has reported a 17% drop in pre-tax profits in its latest set of results, after sales were hit by all that uncertainty around the election.