Location: Prime Central London
Triangle completes on £212.5m Midtown deal
A consortium headed up by investment, development and asset management outfit Triangle has just completed on the acquisition of a major portfolio in Holborn.
Postcode Lottery: Prime Central London’s investment hotspots
SW1X (Belgravia) is London's most expensive postcode and W1D/T (Soho) shows the highest long-term growth history in PCL, but W1T/W (Fitzrovia) is the best bet for property investment according to some…
Carlyle Group in search for Bankside Quarter partner
The Carlyle Group is officially on the lookout for a joint venture funding partner for its colossal Bankside Quarter project on London's South Bank.
Instructions on the up as vendors think the market is ‘reaching its zenith’ – D&G
London's homeowners are starting to sell-up in droves as the perception that we've reached the top of the market gains more traction, according to Douglas & Gordon.
Really Useful acquisition for English Rose
Fitzrovia-based developer English Rose Estates has snapped up Andrew Lloyd Webber's former Covent Garden HQ for £20m.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'.