Location: Prime Central London
22,000 London homes ’empty for longer than six months’
The borough councils of London have been called out on the number of properties deemed "long-term vacant" on their respective patches.
Savills crowned top UK real estate ‘superbrand’
Savills has been named as the UK's top real estate "super brand" - again - by The Centre for Brand Analysis.
‘Very special’ Phillimore mansion up for £12.5m
A right stunner has come up for sale on Kensington's Phillimore Estate.
£200m development plan for Oxford’s West End
A joint venture between Oxford City Council and Nuffield College has acquired a swathe of central Oxford, with plans for a major £200m mixed-use scheme, which promises to "breathe new life into the heart…
The New Cool: On the changing fashions of the London property market
Due to London's rare geographical fluidity, deeply unfashionable areas can emerge as achingly cool in a short space of time, while others can just as easily lose their edge, says Jazmin Atkins...
Carter Jonas recruits New Homes boss from CBRE
Heather Littlejohn has been signed up to lead Carter Jonas' New Homes team in London.
Finishing School: The unique surfaces offering marks of distinction and difference
Changes to property taxation may be taking their toll on the high-end resi market in London, but whilst commissions to refurbish recently-purchased properties are slowing, this is being offset by an…
London the ‘guinea pig’ for New York’s pied-à-terre tax
The UK is being seen as a "guinea pig" by policymakers pondering a "pied-à-terre tax" across the pond.
‘The fall in owner occupation appears to have abated’ – English Housing Survey
"After a period of recent decline, the fall in owner occupation appears to have abated," says the latest English Housing Survey, which also reports that homeowners are "more satisfied" with life than…
Government launches upward extension plan for London
The Government has published its consultation on the introduction of a new London-wide permitted development right, allowing additional storeys to be built up to the roofline of an adjoining building.
Showtime for Minerva’s Kensington Odeon scheme
Minerva has finally won permission to redevelop Kensington's former Odeon cinema into a mixed-use scheme, after seeing its previous plans knocked back by RBKC last year in a shock ruling.
London’s asking prices ‘to reach more realistic levels by the start of 2017’
The days of prime London acting as a "money making machine" are over for now, according to Cushman & Wakefield, but the outlook is still positive.