Location: Prime Outer London
Forecast Watch 2014: UK, +7%; Prime Outer London, +7%; PCL, +4% – Knight Frank
Knight Frank's take on what will happen to property prices next year falls pretty much in the middle of what everyone else is saying, with property "substantially" out-gunning inflation: +7% for average…
Royal Brompton Rejig: Architects appointed to draw up plans and “tempt developers”
Paul Davis & Partners has bagged the brief to draw up plans for the epic swathe of Chelsea soon to be offloaded by the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust.
London councils challenge office-to-resi rights
Camden, Islington, Lambeth and Richmond councils are limbering up for a High Court challenge to permitted development rights that allow the conversion of office space to residential use.
Understanding affordable housing provision in prime London
Within the context of prime and super-prime residential development, affordable housing is a complex matter and one that most developers will need to address at some point or another.
Is this the biggest prime resi development opportunity since Chelsea Barracks?
An extraordinary 3.5-acre swathe of prime Chelsea worth up to £1bn could be coming available soon, if the rumours are to be believed this afternoon.
2014 to be the “Year of the Super Suburbs” – Savills
Prime central London property prices are heading for a (slight) fall, says Savills in its big five-year forecast report, as "super suburbs" play catch-up to a "fully-valued" PCL and the mainstream market…
50% of all prime London homes now worth over £1m – Marsh & Parsons
Over half of the homes in London's prime postcodes are now worth more than a million quid, according to Marsh & Parsons' latest calculations.
That's a rise of 8% on this time last year and 6% since January.
Green Property & Dalian Wanda complete One Nine Elms deal
Green Property's sale of the epic One Nine Elms scheme to Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has been completed.
Zoopla moves to a bigger home
Property portal kingpin Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) is upping sticks and moving a good five minute walk down the road from its current base on Union Street in Southwark.
Public View: Battersea Power Station opens up
The Battersea Power Station Development Company is throwing open its doors, inviting all and sundry to take a gander at the project's detailed design proposals.
Confidence boosting prime London markets – CBRE
"London’s credentials as a safe haven for investment remain its greatest asset," says Mark Collins in CBRE's Q3 prime London resi market report as sales volumes lift 7% and prices 1.
Auction Preview: The £5m+ Grade II Marylebone repo
A tasty opportunity on Knightsbridge's Egerton Gardens and a repossessed £5m+ house in prime Marylebone should get the room buzzing nicely at tomorrow's Allsop resi auction.