Location: London
Property transactions rocket 30% in a year as market “bounces into 2014”
The number of homes sold last month was 29.9% higher than in January 2013, according to the latest numbers from HMRC.
Seasonally-adjusted transactions increased by 1
Blair calls in the valuers to Connaught Square
Tony Blair's called in the valuers to his Connaught Square home, reports the Daily Mail, although a spokesperson has insisted that "The Blairs have absolutely no plans to sell their home
Top Draw: What’s so special about penthouses?
Universally regarded as the definitive status symbol for any HNWI, penthouse apartments in are a different league to the rest of the market.
Bidding on a house? There’s an app for that
Savills has partnered up with Barclays to offer auction-goers even more impulsive ways to buy: just scan the QR thing from within the bank's Pingit app, and job done
Sentimental Value: Eleventh consecutive month of rises for Knight Frank index
Knight Frank's Future House Price Sentiment Index is getting a bit predictable: another record high in February takes it to 11 months of ever-happier homeowners in a row
“Candy-ification” boosting London’s luxury rental market – Wetherell
The capital's luxury rental market is in the midst of "Candy-ification", according to one Mayfair-based firm, with increasing numbers of properties sporting monthly asking prices of between £60,000-£80,000.
Land Designs: The art of effective hardscaping
Know your Otta Phyllite from your Alta Quartzite? Us neither
London resi projects lead construction growth
Residential construction - high value London projects in particular - is leading the industry charge, with 36% of January's total construction contracts going for home uses
Hackney Quick: 350 buyers queue up in East London
If you needed proof that the capital's property market was sizzling hot right now, how about 350 buyers queuing up outside an estate agency for the chance to buy an off-plan flat?
The Mission
“Best waterside development site on the South Coast” comes up for sale
Billed as "the best waterside development site on the entire English South Coast", a massive opportunity has come up in Devon with plans for 90 new homes with direct river frontage.
Chances to buy 3
Lodha strikes again in London with £90m Holborn acquisition
Mumbai-based uber-developer Lodha has struck again in prime London, buying the London School of Business and Finance's Holborn campus, New Court on Carey Street, for around £90m with big plans to turn …
Middleton expands into London
Home Counties buying agency Middleton Advisors is expanding into the capital to deal with "a rising number of commissions to acquire prime London residential property