Location: Prime Outer London
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.
The Great Divide: House price schism “unbalancing the economy”
Despite pretty universal forecasting that the regions are now playing catch-up with London's runaway property values, "The Great House Price Divide" is bigger than ever and threatens the stability of the…
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.
2014’s ten biggest sales will be… mostly in London and New York
"No-one is surprised" that the six of the ten most expensive homes on the market right now are in London and New York (three a-piece), with nine out of ten sitting in either the UK or the US, according…
Money Where Your House Is: British property millionaires up by a third in 2013
The number of £1m+ homes in the UK increased by 31% to 92,985 this year; that's 255 new property millionaires a day, according to Zoopla. 1.
What does £10m get you in the best bits of London these days?
According to Beauchamp Estates and Dataloft, the average price paid per square foot for London properties over the £10m mark has increased by a chunky 27% since 2011, rising from £2,400 per square foot…
Classy-fied Advertising: £10.5m penthouse goes on Gumtree
Rummaging around the vintage bikes and "brand new" headphones on bric-a-brac behemoth Gumtree.com, bargain hunters may have been surprised to see a super-prime penthouse lurking in last week's listings.
English Rose partners with Topland on Strand office-to-resi scheme
English Rose Estates, which bought 406-408 Strand for £11.625m back in October, has made the 13-unit scheme into a joint venture with Sol Zakay's Topland Group.
Village Means: The life and prices of London’s traditional villages
Despite a fairly constant torrent of high-rise new-builds, many of London's more village-y enclaves have managed to retain their traditional charms amidst the cranes and curtain walls.