Location: Prime Central London
RBKC moves to slash noisy construction working hours
RBKC has proposed reducing the hours contractors can carry out noisy works in the borough.
Countrywide fortifies Executive Team to ‘build a bigger and better company’
Countrywide Plc has made a batch of key appointments to its Executive Team, with a remit to "lay the foundations for delivering the ambitions of Building our Future programme."
Thackeray offloads Fulham site for £16.2m
The Thackeray Estate has sold a rare development site in Parsons Green for £16.225m.
Prime Property of the Week: Tregunter Turnkey
Tregunter Road, Chelsea
£25m
The term "turnkey" is surely one of the most overused words in prime property lexicon.
Robert Kime-designed Wilton Crescent townhouse asks £32m
A rare instruction on one of London's most exclusive crescents has just hit the market, sporting a mighty £32m price tag.
Planning surge puts London’s new homes targets within touching distance
The number of new homes being approved by the capital's planners accelerated by 73% in the first three months of the year, with 11,870 new residential units across 1,553 separate sites entering the pipeline…
On Borrowed Prime: The five biggest challenges facing HNW borrowers
The high net worth mortgage market can be a tricksy place, difficult to navigate and often frustrating for would-be borrowers who can clearly afford the sums, but struggle to fit into neat boxes.
The Rise of Rent: 250,000 new rental households created in London in the last year
247,000 new rental households appeared in London last year alone, says CBRE, as "the emerging build-to-rent market is beginning to bear fruit."
Economic woes bring Greek property buyers to London
A Mayfair-based buying agency has reported an influx of Greek clients looking to invest in the UK capital as economic clouds gather over the Eurozone.
Hammer Time: Previewing auction projects in Marylebone, Knightsbridge & Bayswater
There's some right tasty-looking projects due to go under the hammer this month.
Pick of the bunch has to be this 11,500 square foot scheme in sought-after Marylebone, listed with a guide price of £7.5m+.
The Old Police House: The beating heart of the Hyde Park property market
You may or may not recognise this building, but one Kensington agent reckons it holds the key to determining which properties command the biggest premiums in the Hyde Park area.
Tax & Benefits: How the system cuts the income gap between richest and poorest from 15x to 4x
“The rich are making the biggest contribution” is the default Tory position on wealth taxes, oft repeated in and around Budget times.