Location: London
Fuss over Chelsea Barracks’ ‘overbearing’ penthouses
Westminster's planners are due to discuss the finer points - including penthouse positioning - of Qatari Diar's designs for Phase One of the redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site on 20th May
‘Ghost Home’ Proposals: A horror story for the UK economy?
Ed Miliband's latest plans will send shivers down the spines of the property and construction industries, along with all the other sectors that have benefited from the world’s wealthy coming to London…
Dev Secs snaps up Cathedral Group for £27.4m
Development Securities has acquired the privately-owned London & South East-based developer Cathedral Group for an estimated £27.4m.
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US giant signs up Charcol in major UK play
US real estate behemoth Keller Williams has launched the first of its "property super-centres" in Victoria as it bids to crack the UK market
Midtown hits prime stride as UK buyers snap up new-build stock
CBRE's Midtown sales team has reported transacting on an impressive £45m worth of property in the first quarter; that’s over £500k a day. Alm
PCL transaction levels top 2007 as average price breaches £1.5m
There's "no sign of a so-called 'bubble'" in the Land Registry's numbers for this year's Q1, which show a marked increase in both prices and transactions levels in prime central London, notes London Central…
Bidwells bolsters Cambridge team
Bidwells has strengthened its Cambridge lettings arm to cope with an upsurge in demand from buy-to-let investors.
Super-prime lettings boss launches new agency
One of the top names on the PCL lettings scene has set up his own agency, geared specifically to the upper end of the market.
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Canaletto scheme unveils premium apartments
The fruits of a starry design collaboration are being revealed in London this week as high-rise scheme Canaletto launches its flagship units.
Berkeley hires hotel specialist for One Tower Bridge
Berkeley Homes has recruited a hotel specialist as Development Manager at its super-prime One Tower Bridge scheme
Weston Homes plans to double size in five years; looks to move into PCL
Housebuilder Weston Homes has secured £100m of bank funding which it plans to put towards a £1bn pipeline of residential projects - around 3,300 units - over the next five years, including looking at ne…
CBRE recruits Grosvenor’s research head
Grosvenor's Group Research Director is jumping ship to CBRE, where he'll take up the role of Global Chief Economist.