Location: Prime Central London
Asset Classes: Country estate outshone by classic car, resi and commercial
The notional country estate that Carter Jonas uses to track performance against other asset classes rose in value between 2015 and 2016, but ended up being outshone by classic cars, UK resi and UK commercial…
Sellar’s new plan for Paddington Quarter to go on display this month
Irvine Sellar and Renzo Piano have come up with a new concept for Paddington, after widespread scorn encouraged the withdrawal of the 72-storey 254-metre "Paddington Pole".
New Knightsbridge digs for CPC and Fortwell Capital
Christian Candy's short-term lending house Fortwell Capital and its sister business CPC London are moving from serviced offices on Hanover Square to more lavish long-term digs above Giorgio Armani on Sloane…
Regal Homes launches 118-unit King’s Cross Quarter scheme
Officially debuts its King's Cross projec
Bearing Down: How has the PCL sales market changed since 2014?
New analysis of 104 postcodes across PCL and SW London has painted a stark picture of how the capital's prime property market has altered - or perhaps more accurately, been altered - since 2014...
Berkeley reports 20% fall in new home reservations
Berkeley Group's latest set of results have shown the impact of Brexit brouhaha - and other converging headwinds - on the giant housebuilder.
Manhattan 2020: Visualising a new skyline as the new-build boom returns
New-build apartment sales in Manhattan "are poised to reach a level not seen since last decade’s boom cycle by 2018", says New York brokerage CityRealty, as condominium development activity in the best…
‘Currency is king’ as overseas investors eye up PCL
International buyers are already lining up to swoop on the prime central London market in the event of a Brexit, according to property search agency Banda.
Louisa Brodie
Vendors’ expectations ‘still rooted in the glory days of Autumn 2014’
The £1.5m+ market in prime central London is still reeling from the SDLT reforms of 2014, says JLL, but it seems homeowners are yet to get the message.
UK HPI’s first airing shows ‘indications of a cooling market’ as annual price growth dips
The first UK House Price Index (UK HPI) - which replaces previous house price indices separately published by the Land Registry and the Office for National Statistics - has just been released, and it…
Triplex penthouse in one of Vauxhall’s original luxury developments offered for £8.5m
A 5,464 square foot triplex riverfront penthouse with eight outside terraces in one of Vauxhall's original regeneration developments has come up from £8.5m.
Prime Urges: What really motivates London’s vendors to sell up?
Rather than focusing on the results, new research has looked into the reasons why the capital's homeowners decide to come to market in the first place.