Location: Prime Central London
Crown Estate appoints London portfolio MD
Former Grosvenor man Simon Harding-Roots will be joining in September.
Singer reportedly building ‘palatial’ residence in Kensington
Elston Developments and Michaelis Boyd Associates are said to be on the teamsheet.
RBKC neighbourhood records £1m jump in house prices
Kensington & Chelsea was home to six of the top ten London wards with the highest levels of inflation last year - one of which posted a seven-figure increase in the average price.
Record number of £1m+ sales in London
"Happy holiday for luxury London property", declares Coutts bank, as the prolonged Stamp Duty tax break drives record sales in the capital.
Leafy Notting Hill leading the way as PCL revives
Prospective Hillbillies are offering up to £1m above pre-pandemic levels, and houses are not even making it to the open market, reports Winkworth.
UK prime resi prices set to rise 9% this year, but PCL’s bounce ‘has been delayed’
Runaway property price growth in the regions is likely to soften from next year, predicts Savills, while Prime Central London prices are set for a sharp upwards bounce once international travel resumes.
‘Fit for a Dowager Duchess’: Mayfair flat pitched at £32k per month
This 4,291 sq ft duplex apartment on Upper Grosvenor Street was once home to Dowager Duchess Lady Eleanor Percy.
Holland Park locals given six months to ‘save’ Notting Hill Police Station for community use
A Holland Park landmark on Ladbroke Road is being marketed for sale by the Mayor’s Office of Policing & Crime.
Landmark Mayfair townhouse relisted at £11m
Gothic-style affair on Farm Street is a real one-off.
Mega Digs: Exploring London’s elite ‘basement belt’
London has seen "a normalisation of single-storey basements as the 21st-century version of the loft conversion," says Professor Burrows in a new study of the capital's "luxified troglodytism".
North West developer tees up £40m scheme in RBKC
Simon Ismail & Fred Done’s Salboy has acquired a prime site in the Earls Court regen zone.
Prime London simmers down after record-breaking deal surge
Transaction volumes were 39% below the five-year average last month, reports LonRes, but ‘key metrics suggest the prime London markets are holding up well’.