Location: Prime Central London
Prime markets polarise further amid Q1 activity boost
Last month's stamp duty deadline may have boosted activity levels across the board in Q1, but the big trend appears to be one of increasing localisation - particularly in the capital.
Finance Bill last chance for rental sector to avoid ‘triple-lock’
The triple whammy of stamp duty reform, changes to buy-to-let mortgage tax relief and the Bank of England’s new rules for mortgage lenders will have "catastrophic consequences" for the UK rental sector,…
Chinese developers have spent $30bn on overseas projects in the last five years
China's economy may be going through a rough patch but that hasn't stopped its property developers spending record amounts on overseas projects.
Have boffins worked out how to predict the next up-and-coming neighbourhood?
Forget skips and Starbucks' - researchers from Cambridge, Birmingham, Queen Mary and UCL have put forward some compelling ideas on how location-based social networks could foretell the gentrification…
UK ‘still one of the cheapest places to invest in rental property’
In total tax take terms, the UK remains one of the cheapest countries in the world for investors involved in resi and commercial property rental, according to a new study.
The Bubble Deflates…Slowly: PCL values peaked in 2014 and have already fallen 15%
From talking to agents, looking at valuations over the last two years and then analysing the market evidence, James Wyatt's research house Parthenia figures that prices in prime central London have already…
Rare SW London fixer upper portfolio offered for £7m
An extremely rare portfolio of ten residential fixer-uppers in "emerging prime" South West London has come up for £7m.
Emerging Prime values hold up as younger buyers move in
Douglas & Gordon's latest statistics provide further confirmation that London's centre cannot hold, as house prices in "emerging prime" areas drift down at a slower rate than in prime proper for the second…
Planning approvals for new homes in London tumble by 64%
Four in ten new London homes were rejected by planners in Q1, as the total number of approvals tumbled by 64% compared to the same period last year - although Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea approved…
Picky planning is ‘contributing to a completely unfair and immoral housing shortfall’
"Change isn't happening", says Stirling Ackroyd's Andrew Bridges as new figures show that the number of new homes granted planning permission in London has plummeted by 64% in the last year, with…
Emaar sets up shop in Harrods to sell the “Riviera of the Middle East”
Dubai-based mega-developer Emaar Properties, the firm behind the world’s incumbent tallest building, Burj Khalifa, has teamed up with Harrods Estates to promote its latest project: Dubai Creek Harbour,…
Merchant Land unveils new Marylebone scheme
Boutique developer Merchant Land has pulled the covers off this rather handsome Georgian-inspired scheme in London's Marylebone.