Location: Prime Central London
Project Blue Monday: Construction work begins on Chelsea Barracks
After eight years of preparation, speculation, and even a royal intervention, it's been reported that construction work has finally begun at the 13-acre Chelsea Barracks site on Chelsea Bridge Road.
Heaton expands in London with new partner and a Walton St office
Buying agency Heaton & Partners is continuing its march on prime London, recruiting a new partner and opening an office in SW3
Rural property price growth closes in on urban rises – Zoopla
The rate of annual price growth in country areas is catching up to urban increases, says Zoopla, but a £50k rural premium remains.
The ONS' urban / rural map
Urban values have risen by 5.7%
Asking prices tickle an all-time high, despite a muted month – Rightmove
New asking prices are just £30 shy of last June's all-time high, says Rightmove, despite a relatively relaxed 1% rise over the last month.
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Apartment at former home of Sir John Everett Millais asks £4.95m
An apartment at 7 Palace Gate, the former home of painter and illustrator Sir John Everett Millais, has just come up for sale for a shade under £5m.
Cheap Rate: Low mortgage rates mean ‘there are deals to be made’ at the top end
"Borrowers can now snap up some of the lowest mortgage rates on record," says Hamptons, and it's the top-end of the market that's seeing the benefit
Last of the iceberg houses? Westminster approves billionaire Bertarelli’s Belgravia mega-basement
Kirsty Bertarelli - Britain's richest woman, a songwriter and a former Miss UK - has won planning permission to dig out a two-storey basement underneath her Belgravia mews house "to make it more conducive …
Prime Property of the Week: Glass Act
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Grosvenor recruits new Major Projects Director for London
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has appointed Simon Harding-Roots as Executive Director, Major Projects, London estate.
Winkworth launches Corporate Services department
London's biggest estate agency, Winkworth, has launched a new centralised service for relocation agents and corporate clients searching across its 90-office UK and international network.
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Bonhams brings Hollywood interiors to Knightsbridge
Top auction house Bonhams will be auctioning off a rare collection of items called "The Hollywood Interior" next month, including sought-after pieces from the Art Deco and Jazz Age period.
Short supply puts prices back on the rise – except in London
London was the only place in the UK where more surveyors reported price drops than rises in February, with price increases across the rest of the country re-emerging due to the demand supply imbalance, ac…