Location: Prime Central London
In Recent Proposals: Notable small-scale planning applications
It’s not nosey. Just interesting to see the type of stuff that’s going through planning at the moment…
Mayfair ‘blight’ to become London’s next £500m scheme?
One of the last remaining major development sites in Mayfair is being put up for sale this week, with some talking about the potential for a £500m scheme.
Size Matters: Glebe launches Mayfair’s biggest lateral apartments
Developer Glebe is claiming that its ultra-prime resi conversion of the old Buick motorcar showroom on Albemarle Street has delivered some of the biggest lateral apartments in central London.
Grosvenor posts record profits after timely London resi disposals
Grosvenor Group has just announced record pre-tax profits of £681.8m in 2014, well up from the £506.9m posted in 2013.
Election ‘sweeteners’ could fundamentally change the UK housing market
Edward Burton looks back on a week of extravagant promises and headline-grabbing announcements, including that worrying mention of an additional rate of SDLT for foreign buyers...
Talking Stock: Analysing PCL’s key residential supply trends
The number of dwellings in the Royal Borough has barely altered since 2001 and some of prime central London’s golden postcodes have actually lost stock, according to some eye-opening new research into…
A Vote of Consequence: General Election outcomes and the UK housing market
Becky Fatemi of top-end agency Rokstone takes a look at how the results of next month's General Election could impact on new development, affordability and prices...
New Oxford Street Estate goes for £15.75m
The New Oxford Street Estate, a cluster of seven freehold buildings fronting London's New Oxford Street, Museum Street and West Central Street, has been snapped up for £15.75m.
Labour pledges on rent controls, letting agent fees and stamp duty
If Labour gets into power after the General Election, Ed Miliband has pledged to cap rents so they can't rise by more than the rate of inflation over the course of a three-year tenancy.
The Property Rich List: Britain’s real estate billionaires
"Recession? What recession?
Abrahmsohn: Labour is exhibiting a patent lack of understanding of the rental sector
Ed Miliband's latest proposals are yet another example of the shadow government’s insatiable appetite for government interference in markets, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
39% of homeowners think estate agents work for buyers – Agents’ Giving
"Estate agents aren't all bad" insists Agents' Giving...