Location: Prime Central London
Knight Frank slashes 2016 prime central London forecast
Knight Frank has slashed its annual price growth forecast for prime central London in 2016 from +4.5% to just +2%.
Prime Property of the Week: Laterally Tweaking
Chelsea Square
£18.995m
Standing head and shoulders above the week's other instructions, this super-wide family house in SW3 has been refurbished by someone who really knows what they're doing.
Uncommon Areas: How amenity spaces can add serious value to ultra-prime schemes
It is the common areas and amenity spaces where sales will be won and lost for London’s new breed of super-prime residential developments, says Mathew Dalby, Creative Director of The Studio at Harrods.
Success Storeys: How to add value and maximise returns in luxury developments
The international superprime scene can seem a crowded one, with hyper-specced schemes lavishing ever-more luxury to stand out at the top of the market.
£16.5m sales success for Enstar in Covent Garden
Enstar Capital has achieved an impressive sell-out at its latest scheme in Covent Garden, hitting a top rate of £2,260 per square foot.
Alchemi wins bid on Nine Elms tower scheme
Grand South site at 12-20 Wyvil Road has planning for a 36-storey development
Now that’s what you call a start-up: Rocket unveils Tech City’s tallest building
Rocket Investments has lifted the lid on a new scheme in Shoreditch that promises to tower over London's thriving Tech City.
Mayfair & Marylebone car parks ‘concealing’ £1.3bn of prime resi development land
It's been reckoned that 18 large multi-storey car parks across Mayfair and Marylebone sit on over £1.3 billion worth of prime residential development land.
Courchevel 1850 tops ultra-prime ski resort league
France's Courchevel 1850 has maintained its status as the world's toppiest ski resort for another year, straddling Savills' Ultra-Prime Ski Resort Index with typical prices of €31,340 per square…
Shove Thy Neighbour: Kensington’s next-door strangers
Nobody pops round to borrow a cup of sugar in Kensington, laments Alan Page, as he muses on why neighbourly relations are such different affairs in the town and country...
Prime global rents ‘struggling for growth’
"The heady days of 5% annual growth look unlikely to be repeated for some time," says Knight Frank's Kate Everett-Allen, as the firm's Prime Global Rental Index hovers close to the zero mark.
Cameron announces a ‘dramatic shift in the housing policy of our country’
Prime Minster Cameron has announced a rejigging of affordable housing definitions today, in an effort to get more units built by incentivising developers to build more entry-level homes to buy, rather…