Location: Prime Central London
Top Shoppers: The big spenders linking London’s luxury retail and resi markets
New research has looked into the correlation between luxury retail and property sales in London, and it turns out they're pretty closely linked.
Prime outer London slows as buyers stay cautious
Price growth in the outer prime areas of the capital fell to 3% in August as a number of macro factors put the willies up potential purchasers
Prime Property of the Week: Turner Prize
Star & Garter, Richmond, Surrey
£1.2m-£7.5m
One of the most important launches of the autumn is happening tomorrow in leafy Richmond.
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Plans go in for 246-unit redevelopment of New Scotland Yard
Plans have gone in to Westminster Council for the £1bn residential redevelopment of New Scotland Yard (or Ten Broadway, as it will be rebranded).
One Hyde Park vendor offers £9m stamp duty sweetener
The owner of the most expensive flat on the open market, Apartment C.08.1 in One Hyde Park, has offered to cover the mammoth £9m stamp duty bill staring down potential buyers.
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Furniture master McCarron to join the Notting Hill set
McCarron and Company, the high-end furniture-maker set up by a group of eight Mark Wilkinson, Linley and Smallbone ex-employees, has decided to put down some roots in Notting Hill.
The Future of Luxury: Emerging trends for super-prime property development
“Bringing out the personality of a building is the biggest focus in luxury developments now," said Niccolò Barratieri di san Pietro, CEO of super-prime developer Northacre at the tenth annual Luxury Fut…
VanHan optimistic on PCL sales market
Thomas van Straubenzee and Rory Penn's boutique agency VanHan is expecting the market to pick up in prime central London over the next three months, and has tipped Mayfair as the hotspot to watch.
Year of the Dragon: Hong Kong developer bags green light for £8.4bn Greenwich scheme
Hong Kong mega-developer Knight Dragon has been given the go ahead for its ambitious Greenwich Peninsula masterplan, delivering 15,720 new homes and a whole new district twice the size of Soho.
Turning Schemes Into Reality: On delivering unusual and adventurous developments
London is playing host to some of the most innovative design in the world just now, particularly at the luxury end of the property market
RICS doubles house price growth forecast for this year
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has amended its forecasts for this year to reflect higher price growth and lower transaction levels
Digs Spenders: London’s £600m foreign student lettings market now a ‘key driver’
The 107,000 international students currently studying in London contribute a whopping £600m in rental income to the capital's lettings market, with some spending up to £1,500 a week on swanky digs in …