Location: Prime Central London
Residential development land prices dip for first time since 2012
Average greenfield residential development land prices fell by 1.8% in Q1, says Knight Frank, taking the annual change to -0.
Foxtons blames sales dip on election slowdown
Foxtons has reported raking in total revenues of £33.1m in Q1, down 3.1% on the same period last year.
First time buyers drive a 20% surge in prime London demand – Marsh & Parsons
Overall demand for prime London homes has shot up by 20% in Q1, says Marsh & Parsons, with first time buyers and investors each accounting for nearly a third of sales.
Marsh & Parsons opens up in Queen’s Park
After venturing East, Marsh & Parsons has turned its sights to NW London and launched a new office in Queen’s Park.
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Ale Be Back: Demolished Maida Vale pub to be rebuilt?
Westminster is considering issuing an unprecedented enforcement notice that would require the recreation of a demolished pub "in facsimile" within 18 months.
£5m+ transactions in prime London have tumbled by 49% in the last year
The Lonres Residential Review, Spring 2015: The sales market.
As befits an election year, demand levels have dropped and, as a result, so have transactions and values.
Lonres Residential Review: Prime London’s lettings market in Q1
Conditions in the residential rental market of prime London remain more bouyant than the sales market, although there is still an air of caution among tenants.
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…
Students overtake financial sector as PCL’s biggest renters
New research has claimed that students are now the biggest renters in prime central London, overtaking the financial sector in terms of numbers and shelling out an average of £28,866 a year in rent.
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...
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.