Location: Prime Central London
National market back on track as transactions build but don’t boom
The national housing market is 'showing signs of strengthening' says CBRE, as transaction levels maintain 2013's strength (last year saw 1.1 million deals go through;
No Messing About on the River: Why Putney is pulling in the new-build punters
The ripple effect has made this riverside hub one to watch for a prime new-build investment, says CBRE's Head of Residential Mark Collins...
Langham Square
Grainger moves into prime SW3 with 61-house portfolio deal
Grainger plc, Britain's biggest listed residential property owner/manager, has bought a 61-house portfolio in Chelsea for £160m.
Ovington St, SW3
Lend or Foe: How will the MMR affect High Net Worth borrowers?
The mortgage market gets a new set of rules at the end of the month: expect some teething problems and stressful work for lenders and intermediaries, says Islay Robinson, but the Mortgage Market Review also…
Residential development land prices rise 7.3% as demand builds up
Residential development land prices in England and Wales are 7.3% higher now than at the same time last year, after a 0.8% increase in Q1, according to Knight Frank.
That 7.
Disaster at Finchatton and Abu Dhabi’s Grosvenor Square scheme
The former US Navy building at 20 Grosvenor Square, which was bought by the Abu Dhabi Investment Corporation and Finchatton in June last year for £250m for conversion into luxury apartments, partially…
New Sales & Marketing Director for Mount Anvil
Developer Mount Anvil (the firm behind schemes like Dollar Bay in Canary Wharf, The Landau in Fulham and The Lexicon in Islington) has hired a new Sales and Marketing Director.
Asking prices reach new records across the South as averages smash 2007’s high
Asking prices have reached brand new record heights in all four southern regions (Greater London, South East, South West and East Anglia), says Rightmove, after reporting an average 2.
LCP offers fund to tap pensioners’ pots
Residential investment outfit London Central Portfolio is looking to help the aged in the wake of the George Osborne's pension reformation last month.
INTERVIEW: Gary Hersham on why he said yes to BBC2’s ‘Under Offer’
Co-head of super-prime Beauchamp Estates - made quite an impression
JLL launches City & East London resi arm
Global property giant JLL has launched a new team to tap into the resi frenzy going on in the City, City Fringe, Canary Wharf and East London.
Prime urban prices rising twice as fast as rural homes’
Prime country houses prices rose, on average, by 1.9% in the first three months of the year, says Knight Frank, taking the annual increase to +4.5%.