Location: Prime Outer London
Little consensus on what’s in store for PCL property prices next year
An array of prime central London property pundits have released mid-year updates to their market forecasts
London estate agencies John D Wood and Faron Sutaria to merge
Countrywide Plc announces plans to create a 51-branch "London powerhouse"
Housebuilding starts up (a bit) with Cambridge and Southwark leading the way
The Office for National Statistics records 36,400 new housebuilding starts in Q2, and 34,920 completions
Rise of the Super-Suburbs: PCL prices to drop 6% this year as ‘burbs grow 5%
Hamptons International delivers updated forecast
First-time buyers ‘dominate the property market’ in Prime London as the PCL price premium slips
Now the most common buyer type
Rents drop in PCL but rise in Outer Prime London
The average weekly rent across Prime London increased by 1.6% (to £638 per week) in Q2, says Marsh & Parsons, but there were markedly different stories in the centre of town and the outer circle.
Russians row over landmark Battersea mansion
Once owned by the Forbes family, the Grade II listed Old Battersea House is reportedly about to hit the market
Work, Resi & Play: How London’s City & fringe market came of age
Average prices in the City itself have shot up by a remarkable 81% in the last five years, says CBRE
Wandsworth protects 120 pubs from development
Wandsworth has removed permitted developments from 120 bars and taverns across the borough in what's being called a "pioneering" move.
The Alma in Wandsworth
UK house prices will still rise by an average of 3% this year – CBRE
CBRE is sticking by its forecasts, "despite" the outcome of the EU referendum.
Central London’s ‘new-build crisis’: Over-supply and falling values are ‘a major concern’
Demand seems to be drying up for new-build apartments in central London as planning pipelines balloon, reports investment house London Central Portfolio, with a worsening case of over-supply - which the…
UK house prices increased by 8.7% in the year to June, but demand is weakening
The UK's average house prices ticked up by 1% in May to take annual price growth to +8.7% (up from +8.5% last month), according to the latest UKHPI, released today.