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Prime Property of the Week
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Austerity Auction: Greek consul’s Holland Park pile smashes guide price
A quick update on our "Austerity Auction" story from last month;
Shaking the boughs of the property tree
As Lonres releases its Spring Residential Review, William Carrington urges the government to be careful of playing fast and loose with the property industry...
Confidence Blossoms in PCL: Properties are selling faster, with fewer price reductions and fall-throughs
The Lonres Spring Residential Review reports a real air of optimism blossoming through the prime central market, with a doubling in the number of new instructions unable to stifle a 9% rise in the average…
Chelsea Art Fair Preview
After 17 years, the Chelsea Art Fair has had a bit of a brush up;
West End rental deals up 110% – LDG
Meanwhile, reports filtering in from one agency suggest it's been a rip-roaring start to 2013 for the West End rental market - in terms of volume anyway.
Interior Monologue: Lessons learnt on La Croisette
Behind the scenes at Google HQ, finishing touches in Mayfair and dealing with the best negotiators at MIPIM - Alec Watt on managing the March madness...
Zoopla powers new Barclays homeowner app
Zoopla has teamed up with Barclays to power the property search functions on the new Barclays Homeowner mobile app.
Phene rises as resi development plans shot down
Controversial plans to turn one of Chelsea's best-loved pubs into a super-prime home seem to have disappeared down the hatch today, as delirious reports filter in of the Phene Arms' purchase by the City…
London property: historically stable, and not over-heating – Savills
The prime London property market is historically stable, with prime London house prices recording an unprecedented two and a half years of steady growth, according to the latest from Savills.
London was the only prime world city to see rents fall in 2012
Knight Frank's Prime Global Rental Index rose by 1.6% in the final quarter of 2012, taking the annual increase to 5.1% and putting the index 20% above its post-financial crisis low in Q2 2009.
Serrano on the hunt for £500m of trophy buildings
Rafael Serrano's Prime Investors Capital is on the hunt for more trophy buildings in London, according to an interview with the Financial Times.