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.
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.
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
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…
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...
Level Best: Which floor is the top drawer for London buyers?
The first floor is the most popular storey by far for apartment-seekers in prime London, coming with a 50% price premium over other levels according to a new survey by Rokstone.