Location: Prime Outer London
Strong finish for D&G as December activity spiked
December kicked right off in Douglas & Gordon's patch, with a 50% increase in the number of properties hitting the market, a 20% jump in new buyer registrations and a 40% hike in the number of offers received
Savills launches interactive prime property price map
Savills has launched a new interactive property price map of the UK by pointing out that house prices rose, on average, by 7% in 2013
Easement Don’t Stop the Music: Ministry of Sound strikes deal with developer
It's been claimed that a "ground-breaking" deal over noise could pave the way for other residential development projects near entertainment venues, after The Ministry of Sound and Englewood Ltd reached…
Fulham top for £1m+ sales as Battersea enters the big league
The London suburb of Fulham saw more £1m+ sales than any other area of the UK last year, with a whopping 335 deals at an average price of£1,779,323.
Closing Time: Chinese mega-developer buys Wandsworth’s £600m Ram Brewery
The Chinese state-owned developer Greenland Group has just bought the 7.75 acre Ram Brewery site in Wandsworth from Minerva, in a transaction with a total investment value of around £600 million.
The Most Expensive Streets in England & Wales 2013
Egerton Crescent in South Kensington has been given the title of "Nation's Most Expensive Address" by Lloyds Bank for the second year running, with an average sale price of £7,369,000.
Sales values up an “astonishing” 17% in 2013 for D&G
2013 was "astonishing", says Douglas & Gordon's Chairman Michael Hodgson: sales values overshot forecasts by quite the margin, rising by 17% over the year, with transactions hitting their highest tally…
Plucking the Golden Goose: The pain, gain, and unintended consequences of property taxes
Mansion, Capital Gains, Stamp Duty & Land, Residency..
Domestic wealth means London prime is “exceeding all expectations” – Savills
Savills' Prime London Index posted a +2.9% rise in Q4, taking annual price growth to 11
Green light for BBC Television Centre redevelopment
The powers that be at the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham have approved Stanhope's combined full and outline planning application to transform BBC Television Centre in White City.
Capital’s capital growth doubles to 12.6% in 2013 – Cluttons
After capital value growth of +3% in 2013's final quarter, taking the annual rise to +12.6%, the average property in prime central London is now worth £1.
Resi conversion plans go in for West Brompton skyscraper
Towering over West London, 1960s landmark The Empress State Building could be about to undergo an office-to-resi conversion