Location: Prime Central London
Heavy Duty: How the new SDLT system stuffed both ends of the market
The new SDLT regime is creating a boom and a bust at one end of the scale whilst raising less money for the government at the other; not such a clever move, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Clivedale wins Mayfair’s ‘last major office-to-resi conversion’
Developer Clivedale has won planning permission to convert JLL's former offices on Hanover Square into 41 luxury apartments and a hotel.
Realistic pricing ‘essential’ as overseas buyers lose appetite for PCL
Realistic pricing and domestic buyers are the key themes dominating the PCL market at the moment, according to the estate agency Winkworth.
Consultation begins on major Kensington development site
One of the most important remaining development sites in RBKC
Vendor invites buyers to ‘test drive’ £8.35m Marylebone flat
3,000 square foot duplex on Hallam Street offered up as a fully-furnished rental with no minimum term
Topping Out: Why London’s prime property boom is over
Owning a house on Pepys Road, the fictional London street in John Lanchester’s novel Capital, “was like being in a casino in which you were guaranteed to be a winner”, writes Deutsche Bank's Sahil…
MHA claims Bayswater price record on Inverness Terrace
Developer MHA London has officially debuted its new fifteen-unit development on Inverness Terrace in W2, revealing that nine of the apartments have already been snapped up pre-launch.
Britain’s first million-pound towns emerge despite seven-figure sales slump
The number of £1m+ property sales slumped by 11% in the first half of 2015, but the regional picture tells a slightly different story, as average property prices in three towns breach the million mark…
‘Ability to Buy’ is ‘best in 13 years’ – Hamptons
The "ability to buy" a home has improved for the third quarter in a row and is now the best it has been for 13 years, according to the latest from Hamptons International.
Chestertons recruits Berkeley man to international development team
London estate agency Chestertons has hired a new UK Sales Manager to its International Residential Development department from Berkeley Homes.
Boris launches ‘City in the East’ masterplan to deliver 200,000 new homes
The Mayor of London has come up with a plan to "transform East London" and deliver more than 200,000 homes and 250,000 jobs.
Prime Property of the Week: Mayfair Life
Charles Street, Mayfair
£22.5m
The resurgence of Mayfair as a residential power player has been one of the big PCL trends of the last decade.