Location: South East
Knightsbridge falls but “panic not, it is just an election”
Q2's London transactions at Strutt & Parker were 8% shy of the agency's quarterly average, but prices "continue to creep up" allowing total transaction value to rise.
Surrey is “the strongest market outside the capital”
The South East is "ready for the ripple" announces Savills, with Surrey leading the house price charge.
Hadley completes Chelsea Island acquisition with £48m bridge
Luxury developer Hadley Property Group has completed the acquisition of a prime development site next to the Chelsea Design Centre in Chelsea Harbour with a chunky bridging loan from Omni Capital.
Property Premiership League Table
There's only a couple of weeks to go until football starts again, so online agent eMoov has trawled through Zoopla to come up with a Premiership property league table.
Five years of ‘strong but sustainable’ growth for UK house prices ahead – CBRE
"The housing market is now fully in recovery mode,"says CBRE in its latest Regional Land report, as it forecasts strong but sustainable growth over the next five years.
Rightmove launches House Price ‘Trendometer’
Everybody loves an interactive infographic - especially if it has a bar chart AND a line graph; everybody needs stuff appended with o-meter";
GPE gears up for major development push
Great Portland Estates has revealed it's poised to embark on six "near-term" schemes over the next twelve months.
Knight Frank bags ‘significant & important’ 33 Portland Place sale
One of London's most infamous addresses - 33 Portland Place - has come up for sale.
Davenport at Portland Place (Photographed by Miles Dangerfield)
The market is still bullish; take a long term view – Bidwells
House prices accelerated faster in the last three months of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014 than at any other period in almost a decade, according to the latest research from the South East/Eastern…
RIBA elects 75th President
Jane Duncan has been elected the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
New Branch Manager for Waterfords Sunningdale & Chobham
Home counties estate agency Waterfords, which is in the midst of a recruitment drive, has appointed a new Branch Manager to head up both its Sunningdale and its Chobham offices.
50% lift for Home Counties rental market
It's been a strong Q2 for the lettings market in the Home Counties as rents have risen for the second quarter in a row, but are still 3.8% down on the year.