Location: London
MIPIM Diaries #1: Nicky Richmond
Hosting a breakfast for bankers in a venue that doesn't take reservations? What could possibly go wrong, says Nicky Richmond in her first dispatch from Europe's biggest property fair...
Iranian buyers gear up for £6bn overseas property spending spree
London, Dubai, Switzerland, Germany and the South of France could be in line for a £6 billion wave of investment from UHNW Iranian property buyers over the next 5-10 years, according to new predictions.
North Ken Crossrail station ‘back on the agenda’
After going underground for a couple of years, the idea of adding a Lizzie Line stop in North Kensington has resurfaced.
Boris restricts office-to-resi to ‘protect London’s commercial heartland’
The Mayor of London has published a new batch of planning rules for the capital's "Central Activities Zone", which runs from Kensington Gardens and Paddington in the west, to Aldgate in the east, and…
Duty Bound: A PCL Investor’s Budget Day Wishlist
It's that time of year again and the whole industry is currently perched on the edge of its seat awaiting the contents of Osbo's battered red box and the results of the consultation on the 3% additional…
Purple Patches: CBRE tears up Lizzie Line forecasts as house prices steam ahead
Prices around Elizabeth Line (née Crossrail) stations have already smashed expectations, says CBRE, leading the firm to overhaul its original forecasts.
Skype founder pumps £17m into P2P property finance platform
Skype founder Niklas Zennström has invested £17m into Christian Faes' peer-to-peer property lending firm LendInvest.
In With A Shot: British Land to take on first ‘Instagrammer-in-Residence’
Clarges developer British Land has partnered up with IGersLondon, one of the city’s biggest Instagram communities, to launch a competition to find an in-house Instagrammer.
Top Surrey agents launch hybrid firm ‘in recognition of the changing face of estate agency’
Two of the Home Counties's most successful prime property agents have launched a new hybrid "estate agency hub" offering "the best of both" across the Surrey hills and Sussex borders.
Amcorp bags Belgravia apartment block for £45m
Kilmuir House on Ebury Street is right opposite Berkeley's super-prime Ebury Square scheme
Wandsworth Council bans ‘dominating’ estate agents’ boards
Estate agents now need to apply for permission to put up advertising boards in Putney, Balham, Clapham Junction and Lavender Hill (maps of affected streets below), after the council waged war on what…
Caan-backed luxury developer Sons & Co in management buyout
Sons & Co, the high-end resi property developer set up by brothers Alexander and Christian Stocker, along with Simon Roberts, has gone out on its own.