Location: Prime Central London
Flower Power: Putting a price on a garden square address
Hamptons International has had a go at working out the premium you'll pay for a property on one of London's top garden squares.
TfL HQ scheme called into question
A report has threatened to derail plans to sell off Transport for London's Grade I-listed HQ as luxury apartments.
London Vs New York City Vs Hong Kong: The costs of buying a prime property
Buying Agency Middleton Advisors has worked out that the cost of buying a £1.5m ish property in London has risen by 1% over the last five years, from 4.8% of the purchase price in 2009 to 5.8% in 2014.
Prime Property of the Week: Super Hans
Hans Place, Knightsbridge
£13m
Named after the inventor of hot chocolate (and the British Museum), Hans Sloane, this splendid garden square is right in the Knightsbridge mixer. No compromises here;
Chinese buyers to become ‘biggest overseas force in London’s property market’ by 2016
Harrods Estates has signed an agency-wide partnership with Chinese mega-portal Juwai.com, as new figures are released on the scale of Chinese investment into the capital's property market.
Lift off for Hereford Square restoration project
Developer de Candole Residential has commenced works on what's being billed as 'one of the most important restoration projects in London'.
Reversal of fortunes for PCL rental market as values rise again
Rents in prime central London rose for the third month in a row in May, according to Knight Frank, reducing the annual decline to just 1.4%.
Values were up by 0.
Is it over for the ‘Safe Haven’ effect in Europe’s luxury markets?
“The critical question is whether prevailing wealth flows will alter now that the worst of the Eurozone crisis is over,” says Knight Frank's Head of International Resi Research Kate Everett-Allen,…
Whack up taxes on London’s empty homes by 1000% – BoJo
BoJo has called for London councils to 'whack up' taxes on empty homes by a whopping 1000% in a bid to address the capital's housing shortage.
Winkworth sponsors race day at Cowes Classics Week
Winkworth has decided to go three sheets to the wind and sponsor a race day at Charles Stanley Cowes Classics Week this summer.
Londonewcastle launches Clerkenwell scheme
Londonewcastle has just launched its latest project in central London, a collaboration with new resi-focused investor and developer The Third Quarter.
PCL transaction levels tumble as caution returns to the capital
Transaction levels in prime central London have tumbled by 17% year-on-year, says W.A.Ellis, as "a more cautious story is emerging" in the capital.