Location: Prime Central London
Covent Garden ex-council causes a stir
Dubbed "the UK's most expensive ex-local authority flat"
213 super-prime units due for completion in PCL this year; development market ‘vibrant’
Resi development in the capital remained "vibrant" in Q2, according to new analysis by Cushman & Wakefield, with strong levels of construction starts and sales.
At-A-Glance: Prime Central London’s Q2
Cushman & Wakefield has done a very good job of summing up how PCL's top areas performed during Q2.
PCL’s property market is fragmenting as the top-end collapses – LCP
"The brakes are firmly on at the more expensive end" of the prime central London property market, says Naomi Heaton of London Central Portfolio, as the fast and slow lanes diverge.
60% of London surveyors believe local property is ‘overpriced to some extent’
Buyer demand is continuing to rise while supply conditions "continue to tighten," says the RICS in its July Residential Market Survey.
Watch Where You Tread: Wooden floors and leasehold apartments
It might look great, but the potential consequences of installing wooden flooring in breach of lease can be pretty expensive. Denielle Rickman and Rachel Kerr advise on how to avoid any slip ups...
Heronslea draws on Mayfair luxe for ‘super-suburb’ scheme
Hertfordshire developer Heronslea Group is hoping to up the luxury stakes in deepest north London with its latest project.
London gears up for £100m short let boom as super-rich descend for the summer
An estimated £50-£100m will be spent on short let serviced apartments in prime central London over the next few weeks, as some of the world's wealthiest descent on the capital for their annual sojourn.
Conservation Area Checklist: How to work out if a building ‘makes a positive contribution’
It's one of the key phrases in planning speak, but how do councils decide whether or not a property makes a "positive contribution to the historic and architectural character of a conservation area"?
Development land values dip as buyers get pickier
The value of the UK's greenfield development land has fallen to levels last seen in August 2013, according to Knight Frank.
Cambridge trounces Oxford to top university property league
Sambucas will soon be lit up and down the country in an age-old ceremony to mark the start of the new academic year, but which university towns and cities have been on fire in real estate terms?
Does your park have a Green Flag?
Like Blue Flags but on land, the 2015 Green Flag Awards have just been dished out, recognising the best public spaces in the UK.