Location: Prime Outer London
Locals launch pre-emptive block on Primrose Hill pub-to-resi conversion
Primrose Hill drinkers, spooked after the pub landlord applied to build a house in the beer garden, have launched a pre-emptive strike to stop The Albert being converted to residential use.
Planning nod for Ransome’s Wharf redevelopment
An application to completely redevelop Ransome's Wharf in Battersea has received the unanimous support of Wandsworth's planners.
Abrahmsohn on the year that was (and the ‘black cloud’ hanging over 2015)
Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn makes sense of a rollercoaster year in the prime property market, and reveals his much-anticipated predictions for 2015...
This year has been divided into a number of segments.
FORECAST: UK Prime Regional Towns +4% to +7% next year; PCL -2% to +1% – Carter Jonas
Forecast season started early this year. So much so that it still feels a bit too soon for mince pies, yet we've already had 2015 predictions from all these firms.
Middle Class Problems: The reverberations of a mansion tax
The reverberations of a mansion tax will be felt all the way down the property ladder, says Will Hollest, as he points out even more flaws in the latest set of plans to tax high value homes.
Suite of big deals and launches for Mount Anvil
It's been a helluva few weeks for City-based developer Mount Anvil.
According to reports, the firm has - together with A2Dominion - just finalised the £92.
New recruit for Watership Property
Independent buying outfit Watership Property has hired former Savills Associate Tania Thompson to cover the key Cotswolds and Oxfordshire patch.
CASE STUDY: From degenerate pub to Chelsea des res
Gary Linton has managed to turn a grotty drinking establishment on the Fulham Road into a boutique apartment scheme that's selling like proverbial hotcakes.
Seal of approval for Weston’s stately Jacobean scheme
Weston Homes has scored listed building approval for its "most ambitious scheme" yet: turning a quite magnificent Jacobean mansion in Kent into 36 apartments.
FORECAST: 2015 to be ‘reverse image’ of 2014 – Winkworth
Next year will mirror this year's market, says Winkworth, with May's election as the pivot point between a quiet first half and a following rally.
‘Cream comes off the cake’ as prime outer London prices fall
After 40 months of on-the-trot growth, prices in prime outer London have finally seen a fall, dropping by 0.2% in October according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Baby Shard gets the nod
Fielden House - also known as the Baby Shard / Shardette - has been unanimously approved by Southwark's planners.