Location: London
Douglas & Gordon recruits Foxtons Director as new Chief Exec
London estate agency Douglas & Gordon has just announced that James Evans - a former Area Director at Foxtons - will be the company’s new Chief Executive from November.
‘The volume of sales for properties over £1.5m has reached a plateau’
The volume in sales for properties over £1.5m looks set to fall for the first time in two years, according to 44-branch estate agency Jackson-Stops & Staff, despite year-on-year growth 36% from 2012-2014.
North Bank Show: Millbank Tower poised for resi transformation
Plans for an ambitious reimagining of London's iconic Millbank Tower have been unveiled, involving 200 apartments, a 200-room luxury hotel and a public arts and cultural centre.
Shelling Out: PM pledges action on ‘dirty money’ in UK’s luxury property market
David Cameron has announced a crackdown on the purchase of UK properties via "anonymous shell companies".
Galliard signs £110m Great Scotland Yard hotel deal with Abu Dhabi
There's to be a new five star hotel in central London in 2017: London resi developer Galliard Homes has teamed up with Abu Dhabi-based conglomerate Lulu Group International to create a 92,000 square…
Tide turns in UK’s waterfront market as average premium surges to 70%
A prime waterfront property is now worth an average of 70% more than a similar property inland, according to new analysis of homes along the UK's waterways and coastlines.
Historic Cheyne Walk mansion sells for £1m over asking
It sounds like Cheyne Walk is about to get yet another famous resident, in the shape of the former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg.
Palladian Design: The Good, the bad and the unexpected (exhibition)
The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio is the only architect who has given his name to an enduring style, which makes him quite the worthy subject for an exhibition by the RIBA.
Principles of Development: The ten projects that made MSMR Architects
Founded 15 years ago this year, MSMR Architects has become one of the most influential practices in the London prime residential market. So how did they manage it?
New Kensington Lettings Manager for Harrods Estates
Harrods Estates has hired Sam Wright to head up the lettings department of its new office on Kensington Church Street.
Luxlo breaches £100m at 77 Mayfair as penthouse goes for nearly £7k psf
Luxury property developer Luxlo has just confirmed the sale of six of the seven apartments in its flagship 77 Mayfair scheme - the first new residential apartment bock to be built in Mayfair for 15 years…
Homeowner sentiment stays positive for 28th consecutive month
Knight Frank's House Price Sentiment Index has stayed in positive territory for the 28th month a row, with households in all UK regions thinking that property prices rose in July.