Location: Prime Central London
Another new hire for ‘buoyant’ LCP
Investment firm London Central Portfolio seems to be going big this year, hiring a third new recruit in just a few weeks and promoting another.
There are 83 estate agents in the average London borough; 179 in Westminster
There are at least 179 estate agency branches in the City of Westminster alone, with 2,600 vying for business across the capital.
Labour pledges to scrap non-dom tax status; could ‘disable the luxury housing market’
Labour has pledged to abolish non-domicile tax status if it wins the general election next month.
Top Candy man leaves to set up own £150m development business
Candy & Candy director Simon Stone has left the hyper-prime firm to set up his own development and asset management business, Stone Real Estate.
Sugar Quay, one of Stone's projects
Cut & run or wait & hope? The doer upper’s pre-election dilemma
Success is all about luck and timing, says our resident doer upper Alan Page, as he rues the wheels of fortune that often deliver neither...
Green Party pledges to cut VAT on housing repairs
The Green Party has offered up one of the property industry's most-demanded policy changes: a cut to VAT on housing repairs and renovations.
Crown Estate creates new Head of Central London role
The Crown Estate has appointed a new Deputy Head of Urban & Head of Central London.
Kiss & Sell: Why super-prime estate agents make ideal bits on the side
"There has been a sharp rise in estate agents bringing their mistresses to show houses, both for fantasy house shopping and bedroom rendezvous," reports a naughty website, flagging up one Bishops Avenue…
Prime country house price growth overtakes central London, but £5m+ values tumble
Prime country house prices increased by 0.9% between January and March, says Knight Frank, taking the rate of annual price growth down from December's +3.4% to a more modest +2.
New prime central London property search manager for LCP
London Central Portfolio has hired a new property search manager to track down "the best on and off-market properties" in prime central London.
Loan Stars: West One hits £80m in Q1
Short term lender West One Loans has reported a pretty big start to the year.
Harrods Estates continues PCL expansion with new Kensington office
Harrods Estates will be throwing open the doors to its new Kensington base at the end of the month.