Location: Prime Outer London
Going to Town: The rise of regional urban prime
A growing trend reveals that buyers relocating to the prime regions are choosing urban locations over their rural counterparts, says Savills' Sophie Chick.
Three-to-one opportunity in Battersea
This doesn't come along very often: three £1m houses in a row for sale on a tree-lined street in Zone Two, throwing up an opportunity to create one of Battersea's most spectacular single residence.
Chesterton Humberts signs up as Polo in the Park title sponsor
Billed as "one of the biggest sporting sponsorships in the industry", Chesterton Humberts has decided to get behind Polo in the Park for the sixth straight year, upping its involvement from exclusive property…
The Doer Upper’s Gossip Column #1
We're not sure if there's nothing to report or just so, so much, but Alan Page has taken to beating six drums at once.
“Jackpot time” for vendors as 23 buyers vie for each home – Marsh & Parsons
Prime London's property market is kicking right off, with Marsh & Parsons reporting that just shy of half (48%) its properties sold for or in excess of asking price in January, and that over a third (34%)…
Boles swipes at office-to-resi naysayers
Planning Minister Nick Boles has comes out swinging against local authorities that have "an irrational objection" to office-to-resi permitted development rights.
Earls Court on the move as Capco and TfL form JV
Transport for London and developer Capco are all set to agree terms to form a joint venture to bring forward the first phases of Sir Terry Farrell's (award-winning) Earls Court Masterplan.
KFH sets up shop in Clapham
KFH has added another office to its burgeoning network, as the firm's "aggressive" expansion plans continue apace.
New Resi Investment Director for Chesterton Humberts
Chesterton Humberts has appointed Paul Belson as its new Residential Investment Director.
Should we be applying punitive taxes to empty homes?
Rather than complaining and propagating the confiscation of empty homes, commentators should be applying their energies to making the planning process efficient, less political and more productive, says…
London Square buys Parsons Green office-to-resi site
Developer London Square has bought pretty niftily-located site at 100 New Kings Road in Parsons Green with plans to turn the office block into 25 residential units.
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Third of mansions on Billionaires’ Row “standing empty”
Edward Snowden News, or The Guardian as it used to be known, has been poking around on The Bishops Avenue in North London and discovered that quite a few of the mansions along there aren't actually being…