Location: Prime Central London
Total value of PCL sales plummets by a quarter
The combined value of the houses and flats sold in prime central London fell by nearly 25% this year, according to new analysis by LonRes.
Outer Prime to outshine PCL in 2016; Queen’s Park & Tooting the ‘hot tickets’
The fringes of the capital should comfortably outperform prime central London next year, according to Marsh & Parsons, with Queen's Park and Tooting picked out as the "hot tickets".
Newcourt snaps up prime Tunbridge Wells site
Newcourt Residential has bagged a rather lovely Victorian mews building just off the iconic Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells.
Luxury serviced apartment scheme planned at Islington Square
Sager Group and Cain Hoy are to launch "one of the most luxurious and exclusive hospitality offerings in London" at their new £400m Islington Square development.
Luxury apartment block delivers a ‘new aesthetic’ for South Kensington
A rather striking new addition to South Kensington has recently launched on Harrington Road.
Brace of big deals reported in Mayfair
We may be nearing full festive mode, but it sounds like a couple of significant deals have gone/are going down in Mayfair.
The six key architectural design trends for homes in 2016
Residential design is going to get bigger, smarter, and more sustainable in 2016, predicts the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) as it lays out findings from its Future Housing Design Trends …
Crown Estate sells Kensington Palace Gardens mega-mansion
UPDATE: Reports have claimed the mystery buyer is Dalian Wanda boss Wang Jianlin, China's richest man.
Wealthy Iranian buyers prepare for a return to prime central London
Estate agents in prime London are expecting an influx of wealthy Iranian buyers next year as sanctions in place since the 70s look set to be lifted.
HML bags Bermondsey-based property management business
Property management group HML Holdings has snapped up a south east London-based firm for £715k.
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Scotland hikes LBTT for second homes in line with SDLT
John Swinney has followed George Osborne's lead, announcing a 3% increase in the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax rate for additional properties in Scotland, such as buy-to-let and second homes.
Britain now has 622,939 ‘property millionaires’
There are currently 622,939 "property millionaires" in Britain, according to Zoopla's latest estimate, 75,796 more than there were in January.
A 14% rise over the last year now means that 2.2