Location: Prime Central London
JLL Resi Land team appoints National Director
JLL has recruited Thomas Stevenson to its Resi Land team as National Director.
Thomas Stevenson
King’s Road or World’s End? New location mooted for Chelsea’s Crossrail2 Station
Last year's public consultation into the route and options for Crossrail 2 (CX2) - the Chelsea-to-Hackney line - has thrown up a new option for the location of the Chelsea station.
YOO and Gray go to Harrods
Bethan Gray, Elle Deco’s Best British Designer of the Year, has teamed up with John Hitchcox and Philippe Starck's YOO brand for its new interiors offering in Harrods.
Up Country: Prime country home sales rocket 35%
There's lots of life in the country market: sales of prime country homes shot up by 35% in the year to March compared to the previous 12 months, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Osborne gives BoE ‘weapons’ to guard against property market risks
"There is no immediate cause for alarm" about the property market, proclaimed George Osborne in last night's Mansion House speech, but "there are on the horizon things that should give us some causes…
Prime Property of the Week: The Grape Escape
Calistoga, Napa Valley, California
$100m
Henry & James boosts Chelsea team
Belgravia and Chelsea estate agent Henry & James has boosted its team with a new Sales Manager.
A quarter of our instructions are now overpriced by 20% – Sandfords
Along with a few other firms, PCL estate agency Sandfords called the top of the London market several weeks ago now, but the team's latest observations would suggest the slowdown has actually been…
Letter from the Home Counties
Deep in the commuter belt, there's an emerging trend of families making a sideways move from a larger, older property into a new-build, says Darren Walter...
CX2 & NLE: Where are resi values going to rocket?
Crossrail 2 (CX2) and the full-length Northern Line Extension (NLE) to Clapham Junction could see resi capital values along the route increase by as much as £32 billion, according to Carter Jonas.
Rental stock levels plummet across prime central London
The number of properties available to let across central London has fallen sharply, with one firm reporting that levels are down 22.5% on the same time last year.
Fine & Country makes a move on Russia
Fine & Country has stepped up the pace of its global domination masterplan, opening 16 new offices in the last five months - 15 in the UK - and planning an imminent move into Russia.