Location: London
Westminster Labour pledges to ‘outlaw’ mega-basements & tighten affordable housing rules
Labour Councillors in Westminster have come out swinging ahead of this month's local elections, claiming that the Conservatives are "killing" its communities by granting planning for "huge numbers of luxury…
Planners give nod to Lodha’s second major London play
Lodha's £90m plans for the resi conversion of the old London School of Business and Finance’s Holborn campus have been approved by Westminster Council.
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£10,000 psf? Seems reasonable…
How to get Abingdon Road prices up to One Hyde Park levels? All it'll take is a bit of canny marketing and a squaddie to hold open the door. Probably, says doer upper Alan Page
Candy GPS #3: Investment Outlook and How To Play
"In the latest issue of the Candy GPS Report, produced in partnership with Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management and with exclusive research from Savills, we look at the global prime residential sector and…
Battersea Power Station mania continues
With the last of Elton John's chords still ringing out, it's been revealed that 95% of the latest phase of units released at Battersea Power Station have already been snapped up in an "unprecedented" …
Empty Promise: Labour pledges crackdown on London’s ‘ghost homes’
Ed Miliband has been getting even more animated than normal over the capital's so-called 'ghost homes', accusing many boroughs of “shrugging their shoulders" by not imposing the Empty Homes Premium.
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Not on the High Street: The private money funding London’s prime resi developments
Residential property is not the only thing in short supply in prime central London – the funding needed to develop new stock is equally hard to get hold of, says James Dakin...
Candy GPS #2: The Best Addressed – Alpha Cities and The Rising Stars
"In the latest issue of the Candy GPS Report, produced in partnership with Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management and with exclusive research from Savills, we look at the global prime residential sector and…
New Kensington scheme for Northacre
Northacre has followed up contract wins on Thurloe Square and Palace Street by bagging a new project on leafy Vicarage Gate in W8.
Ten up for London Festival of Architecture
The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) reaches the grand old age of ten this year, and it's shaping up to be a fine vintage.
How have prime London’s regions performed since 2000?
A breakdown of local prime London markets over the last 14 years by John D Wood has yielded some fascinating graphs that put some peaky performances into perspective
Jakarta and Dublin lead global prime city prime growth
Chiming nicely with the release of the Candy GPS Report, Knight Frank's latest Prime Global Cities Index shows that many 'safe havens' are seeing the pace of price growth slow, while more emerging luxury …