Location: Prime Central London
Prime on the rise as mainstream property struggles
Prime property prices are now 53% higher than their 2009 "post-crisis slump" level, whilst the mainstream market is struggling with the spectre of triple-dip recession, according to a neat summary of where…
Native Land completes on 30 Old Burlington St
Prime developer Native Land has finally completed on the purchase of a major development site at 30 Old Burlington Street, smack bang in the middle of Mayfair.
Two more major resi schemes for Barratt Developments
Barratt Developments has just announced another two major resi projects in London.
Bogus property tycoon convicted
We know that lending was a touch easier to come by a few years ago, but £750m for prime property acquisitions when you don't have a bean? Bit rich.
Berkeley releases next phase of London’s best address
Berkeley Homes has released a new phase of their landmark One Tower Bridge development, which is likely to take over from One Hyde Park as London's most iconic luxury address.
New year, old problems for the doer-upper
It should be so simple... but our resident serial renovator / buying-agent-turned-client Alan Page's do-up project is having a predictably slow start to the new year...
Futurewealth #1: the digital world of the Futurewealthy
In the first of four in-depth reports, wealth gurus Scorpio Partnership explore how the world’s wealthy are engaging with new technologies and how they spend their time online, asking what role they…
52 nationalities spent £2.2bn off-plan in London last year
Foreign buyers splashed £2.2 billion on new-build homes in London last year, compared to a paltry £1.8 billion in 2011, according to more stats from Knight Frank.
Prime Trends: French buyers
The introduction of stringent adverse tax legislation by Francois Hollande has triggered an exodus of wealthy French nationals, buying homes outside of France.
Up to 40% of purchases in the South East are buy-to-let
The buy-to-let market has picked-up across London and the South-East, according to Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward's new Buy-to-Let Report, and now accounts for 30-40% of all property sales in areas such…
Scottish prime property prices slip in 2012
Prime property prices in Scotland fell a wee bit further in Q4 2012, taking the annual drop to 2.7%, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Council “should not interfere with the market” as thumbs-up for Caudwell’s Mayfair resi scheme
Westminster council has overturned a planning officer's recommendation of refusal on John Caudwell's scheme to turn a Mayfair carpark into a 24-unit luxury resi development, arguing that the council "shouldn’t…