Location: Prime Central London
‘Occasional’ conveyancers came out to play in ‘rollercoaster quarter’
Completed transactions leapt from 230,430 in 2015's Q2 to 286,425 this year
Blackstone fills last two spaces in the NCP carpark race
Just two players are left battling it out for the £500m fleet of properties
Former RAF site in Greenwich up for resi development
Four-acre plot has the potential to deliver 400 new homes
Housebuilding starts up (a bit) with Cambridge and Southwark leading the way
The Office for National Statistics records 36,400 new housebuilding starts in Q2, and 34,920 completions
On Yer Bike: Kensington Palace Gardens residents in blowout over privacy
Disquiet over cycling Quietway plans
Rare Fitzrovia development site sells for over £10m
The stripped-out former B1 offices on Bourlet Close went up for sale earlier this year
Rise of the Super-Suburbs: PCL prices to drop 6% this year as ‘burbs grow 5%
Hamptons International delivers updated forecast
Mayor Khan rolls out ‘Homes for Londoners’ team to look at developers’ viability assessments
New Homes for Londoners governance board will meet quarterly
Over Supply: PCL rental values hit hard as stock piles up
On an annual basis, values in Q2 were down by 4.3%, and by 8-10% in the upper price ranges
First-time buyers ‘dominate the property market’ in Prime London as the PCL price premium slips
Now the most common buyer type
Rents drop in PCL but rise in Outer Prime London
The average weekly rent across Prime London increased by 1.6% (to £638 per week) in Q2, says Marsh & Parsons, but there were markedly different stories in the centre of town and the outer circle.
UK house prices to fall by 1% next year says Countrywide
Firm is one of the first to release updated forecasts since the Brexit vote