Location: Prime Central London
‘Iconic’ 420-bed Earls Court hostel hits the market for £27.5m
A mega-instruction of four interlinked Victorian houses spanning Barkston Gardens and Courtfield Gardens has just become available at a smidgen over £800 per square foot.
Homeward Bound: The West End’s 1.8m sq ft office-to-resi pipeline
Just under 800,000 sq ft of West End offices were converted into homes in 2013, says Colliers International, with another 1.82m sq ft of conversion projects now in the homeward-bound pipeline.
No summer lull for Black Brick as client base ‘doubles’
Mayfair-based buying outfit Black Brick isn't having much trouble bagging new business by the sounds of it.
Savills hikes this year’s price growth forecasts
"House price growth has exceeded all expectations over the past year," notes Savills as it significantly boosts its annual forecast for the mainstream market but drops next year's outlook.
PCL development land values soar
Residential development land prices in prime central London rose by 6.7% in Q2, reports Knight Frank, while the average increase across England & Wales languished at +1% for the quarter.
Winkworth teams up with independent mortgage broker
For the first time in its 175-year history, Winkworth has decided to join forces with a firm of mortgage brokers.
Millionaires’ Rows 2014: Britain’s most expensive streets, towns and areas
12 streets - all in London - claim an average house prices over £10m
Upton Downstairs: Bank Holiday teas, tours, tents & tantrums
"Life at Upton Cressett often resembles a mongrel cross combining the best and worst of Fawlty Towers, Tom Sharpe and To The Manor Born," says William Cash from Shropshire as he opens up his historic…
English Heritage Angels Awards 2014: The Shortlist
The shortlist for the English Heritage Angel Awards has just been released, doffing a baggy cap to the year's most heroic acts of architectural rescue.
Brouhaha in West Hampstead over plans for thirtieth estate agency
It's all kicking off in NW London. The tally of estate agencies in leafy West Hampstead could be about to top thirty, and other high street businesses in the area are not happy. At all.
House price expectations ‘substantially lower’ than May’s high point
"The price exuberance seen in some corners of the market is easing," says Knight Frank's Gráinne Gilmore, as the agency's monthly House Price Sentiment Index shows another drop.
Prime Property of the Week: Chelsea-on-Sea Landmark
Sunny Cliff Hotel, Cliff Road, Salcombe
Offers Over £4.5m
Recently confirmed as the UK's priciest seaside town, one in three homes in Salcombe is apparently now worth over £1m.