Location: Prime Central London
Closing Time: Chinese mega-developer buys Wandsworth’s £600m Ram Brewery
The Chinese state-owned developer Greenland Group has just bought the 7.75 acre Ram Brewery site in Wandsworth from Minerva, in a transaction with a total investment value of around £600 million.
Letter from the Home Counties
Reporting back from the salubrious Surrey & Berkshire suburbs, Julian Amos reflects on last year's game of two halves and why this year's buyers need to take advice from those in the know...
Chelsea, Knightsbridge & Mayfair outgunned by City & Fringe, Marylebone & Islington
Prime central London prices turned in a strong finish to the year, with a 0.8% rise in December halting a ten-month slowing in the rate of annual growth, which had dropped to 6.9% in November.
The Most Expensive Streets in England & Wales 2013
Egerton Crescent in South Kensington has been given the title of "Nation's Most Expensive Address" by Lloyds Bank for the second year running, with an average sale price of £7,369,000.
Prime Suspect: Olig-arch villain jailed after phoney viewings
You didn't happen to show a Kazakh millionaire called "Oleg Duchenko" around any properties in 2013 did you? Chauffeured Bentley, dark glasses, heavy Eastern European accent? No? Phew...
JLL plans move to mega UK HQ
Jones Lang LaSalle has announced an upping of sticks from Hanover Square this year as it consolidates its West End teams.
Crystal Balls: What will 2014 hold for the prime property market?
The majority of prime resi's pundits are looking forward to this year - 2014 - with a sense of hope and vigour.
In Their Prime: The Best Period Properties of 2013
2013 was a truly vintage year for vintage property.
All I Want For Christmas…is a Grade I-listed mansion in Dorset
It might be a bit late - even for Santa - to organise this year, but which properties would the professionals like to wake up and find the keys to on Wednesday morning?
Ho Ho Homes: Festive virtual househunting to hit all-time high
There won't be time to lose (badly) at Monopoly again this Christmas: it's all about househunting on shiny new gadgets, apparently.
Sales values up an “astonishing” 17% in 2013 for D&G
2013 was "astonishing", says Douglas & Gordon's Chairman Michael Hodgson: sales values overshot forecasts by quite the margin, rising by 17% over the year, with transactions hitting their highest tally…
Double Up: Agents Mutual to launch in January 2015
"A surge in applications prior to the deadline" has tipped Agents' Mutual over the 2,000 mark for Gold member offices; that's double the initial target of 1,000.