Location: Prime Outer London
First Look: Gehry-designed show apartment opens at Battersea Power Station
The first Gehry Partners-designed apartment at Battersea Power Station has been unveiled.
How the prime markets beyond London have been performing
The price gap between London and the prime regions has begun to narrow, albeit very slowly, says Savills' Lucian Cook...
London’s rental market ‘pauses for breath’ as luxury demand dips
The pace of rental value escalation in the capital is easing, says Benham & Reeves, as the 'frenzied' market seen in 2015's first half is replaced by a more sedate period of conservative growth.
Londoners bought 43% of all £2m+ prime regional houses in Q1 as the town-country value gap closes
"There is now clear evidence that the record value gap between the prime London housing markets and the rest of the UK has begun to close", says Savills, as every region outperformed the capital in the…
Asking prices cut on a third of Royal Borough instructions
A third of properties listed for sale in RBKC have had their asking price trimmed, with roughly 40% of homes on the market in Earl’s Court (SW5) having been subject to a price cut, and 35% of those…
London’s luxury property pipeline peaks, but squeezed margins are pushing investors out
London's prime residential property pipeline is on fire, with over 35,000 new units - worth a grand total of £77bn - expected to come into play over the next ten years.
Don’t kill the golden goose with more tall building ‘mistakes’ – Historic England
Successful architecture is more than a collection of "iconic" objects that might "belong" as much in Dubai as in London, heritage champ Historic England has warned in a withering takedown of the capital's…
‘Worrying signs’ in central London as development activity plateaus
Recent government tinkering will have the effect of actually slowing new development in central London, according to new predictions from JLL.
Oakhill sets up shop in West Hampstead
Oakhill Residential, the agency set up by former Goldschmidt & Howland man Lee Cash, has put down roots in West Hampstead.
Goldsmith v Khan: London’s leading mayoral candidates’ housing policies head-to-head
With one month to go until polling day, there's still clear water between the leading pair of candidates – Conservative Zac Goldsmith and Labour's Sadiq Khan – and the rest of the Mayoral hopeful pack…
Urban land values outperform in multi-speed market
The UK is seeing a highly regionalised housing market reflected in a multi-speed development land market, with urban brownfield sites powering ahead of greenfield and PCL.
Knight Frank reissues resi forecasts; splits PCL into East and West
Knight Frank has taken another look at its predictions (the last review was in November), adding in a few "new challenges" now faced by the UK market.