Location: Prime Outer London
Dragonfly makes regional lending play
Property-focused short-and-medium-term lender Dragonfly has hired a Regional Business Development Manager to boost its capability outside of London and the South East.
Deconstructed: A super-prime family home in Hampstead
Regal Homes' take on the Hampstead family home - a £16m eight bedroom affair - checks an awful lot of boxes.
St George pulls One Blackfriars promo video after social media backlash
So soon after Redrow's American Psycho fiasco, Berkeley Group's St George has had to pull one of its marketing videos after the internet got upset by its gaucheness.
London’s Pride #1: The top ten best performing boroughs & markets
The centre cannot hold, notes CBRE in its annual "Hot 100" report, as a widening price gyre spreads from central London to the greater capital.
Why the UK property industry needs to rethink its definition of ‘Prime Resi’
In 2015, 'Prime Residential' should mean high quality homes in sought after addresses across the UK, not just in Central London, says house building boss Bob Weston...
Average house prices in Southwark have risen by over 27% in the past year
Annual house price growth dropped to 7.1% in November after a 0.1% drop in October, according to the latest from the Land Registry.
London's managed +17.
2014 in Review: Notable residential deals and instructions
From rumours to record-breakers, 2014 had it all. Here's our digest of the trophy homes, transactions, tip-offs and thumbs up that made the news this year.
2014 in Review: Prime resi’s biggest business & people moves of the year
A survey of 2014's key business moves, company acquisitions, launches, partnerships and appointments in the high-value homes industry.
Top Three Business Stories of the Year
Chesterton Humberts
Planners nod for Taylor Wimpey’s ‘Gateway to Nine Elms’ in Battersea
Wandsworth Council has unanimously given the thumbs up to another major mixed use scheme in the borough, which the developers are calling the "Gateway to the Nine Elms on the South Bank".
Prime London property now ‘wholly in the shadow’ of May’s election
London's prime resi market is now operating "wholly in the shadow" of May's general election, says Knight Frank, with those changes to stamp duty adding to this short term uncertainty to squash demand…
Mansion tax and the prime London lettings market: An impact assessment
About 20,000 rental properties in London are worth £2m or more, says Knight Frank. A mansion tax on the these homes could have some significant unintended consequences for tenants and landlords...
Forecast: SDLT reform to counter pre-election slowdown in 2015
House prices across England and Wales are going to rise by 4% next year - down from this year's +8.6% - thinks Hamptons International, while prime central London will dribble up by just 0.