Location: Prime Central London
Store Credit: The rise of luxury shop-top living in London
Living above commercial units can command a price premium, claims Mayfair estate agent Wetherell, as long as the brand downstairs is right.
Westminster names new Senior Planning Chairman
There's been a "minor reshuffle" at Westminster City Council, following the decision by Ed Argar to step down from his post.
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Private rental sector yields ‘harden marginally’
Average initial gross yields from private rental blocks in major cities across the UK (London, Leeds, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow) stood at 6.
Easing, Falling, Weaker, Reformed: Lonres’ national housing market review
2014 began with talk of a property bubble and ended with the industry facing changes to property taxation and the possibility of further amendments in the future, notes Lonres in its Winter Residential…
New consortium enters race for Hyde Park Barracks
The battle for Hyde Park Barracks just got even tastier, with reports of new Middle Eastern-backed consortium entering the fray.
Fringe Benefits: Emerging Prime London outperforms Prime for third year running
Emerging Prime areas in SW London continue to drive some of the best returns on investment, according to Douglas & Gordon, outstripping PCL for the third year on the bounce.
Talk: The Georgian Architecture of Somerset
The honey-hued period architecture of Somerset will take centre stage at The Georgian Group's HQ on Fitzroy Square later this month.
Galliard offloads ‘mini One Hyde Park’ to investor
Property developer Galliard, which formed a major JV with US investment house Cain Hoy late last year, has sold its luxury scheme in Westminster off-market for £28.6m.
Chiswick High Road ‘transformation’ okayed
A plan to regenerate "a substantial section of Chiswick High Road and underutilised sites along Essex Place" with a snazzy-looking resi and mixed scheme has been given the green light by Hounslow's planners.
Mere Portals: On the week when Goliath met David on the internet
Last week's successful launch of OnTheMarket.com demonstrates to the big media groups that agents can do the job just as well, if not better, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Prime Property of the Week: Project of Desire
Stanley Crescent, Notting Hill
£9.5m
The key to successful property development, as we are constantly told, is to remain rational throughout. Don't get carried away. Or bite off more than you can chew.
INTERVIEW: Mark Collins on how CBRE became a resi force to be reckoned with
The man behind CBRE's meteoric rise into the resi big league, Chairman of Residential Mark Collins discusses his ambitions for the business, the most undervalued parts of PCL, and the boutique developers…