Location: Prime Central London
Best Places to Live 2015: The UK’s top 50 urban locations
After crowning Chagford as the best spot to live in Britain's countryside, the Sunday Times turned its attention to urban areas in the second heat of its annual "Best Places to Live" rundown.
Canburg recruits Linley man to head up prime developments drive
Canburg, the owner of Smallbone of Devizes and Mark Wilkinson Furniture, has hired Iain O’Mahony from Linley as a Director for Prime Developments for London, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Prime Property of the Week: Hip to be Square
Penthouse, 10 Soho Square
£5.95m
The latest project from Oakmayne Bespoke (of Cornwall Terrace fame) could well be a game-changer for this part of town.
INTERVIEW: Thomas van Straubenzee and Rory Penn of VanHan
Two of prime central London's brightest stars, Rory Penn and Thomas van Straubenzee of the famously well-connected Mayfair agency VanHan discuss discretion, regulation and that £39m Bulgari penthouse…
Ronson’s Riverwalk scheme tops out
Yesterday was topping out day for Ronson Capital Partners' "organically-shaped" Riverwalk scheme in Westminster, which has already sold 65% of its 116 apartments off-plan.
EJ Harris to double in size as PCL lettings boom continues
A combo of Stamp Duty reform and election wobbles have generated a 30% increase in vendors looking to let rather than sell over the last two years, according to one PCL lettings agency.
Big spenders, high flyers and real estate buyers: The Wealth Report 2015
The ranks of the global super-rich are growing, Knight Frank tells us in its flagship annual report, and the UK is playing Mecca to the money - for now.
Next in Prime: Clerkenwell makes list of global hotspots to watch
Knight Frank has picked out five areas around the world poised become prime resi hotspots over the next few years, tipping New York's West Street, Cape Town's Main Road, Dubai's Business Bay, Hong Kong's Sai…
How many square metres of luxury resi does US$1m buy around the world?
Monaco – for the eighth consecutive year – has been confirmed as the most expensive city to buy luxury property in the world, with US$1m affording just 17 square metres of accommodation.
Come What May: Debating the politics of property
A room full of the property industry's great and good held their own mini-election in Mayfair yesterday. The result was - perhaps predictably - something of a landslide.
Mansion tax creates ‘two-speed market’ in prime central London
Prices across PCL nudged up (just) for the first time since September in February, says Knight Frank, but there's a marked difference between the sub-£2m bracket and anything over £5m, where mansion…
PCL rental growth hits three year high, but caution is ‘the dominant mood’
"The dominant mood in the prime central London lettings market in February was one of caution," says Knight Frank, despite rental price growth hitting a three-year high in February.
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