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Rate rise on the cards for 2015 as ‘multispeed’ market carries on up
Transaction levels and property prices are rising pretty much across the board as the economy continues to deliver good news, says Knight Frank in its latest market update.
London’s super-prime property market drives private aviation boom
Homebuyers may not agree, but London's rocketing prime property market has been very good news for some.
Dev Secs snaps up Cathedral Group for £27.4m
Development Securities has acquired the privately-owned London & South East-based developer Cathedral Group for an estimated £27.4m.
Weston Homes plans to double size in five years; looks to move into PCL
Housebuilder Weston Homes has secured £100m of bank funding which it plans to put towards a £1bn pipeline of residential projects - around 3,300 units - over the next five years, including looking at…
The Great Escape: How to move to the country
As the much-vaunted 'value gap' finally starts to show signs of narrowing, fleeing the Big Smoke will be high on clients' agendas this year.
‘Strongest market conditions since before the financial crisis’ drive ‘unprecedented demand’ for KFH
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward enjoyed 26% more new instruction in March than in the same month last year, as the the firm basked in "the strongest market conditions since before the financial crisis."
Millgate buys Berkshire estate for resi conversion and new ‘discreet country mansions’
Developer Millgate (which merged with Essex-born construction form Countryside earlier this year) has bought the rather magnificent Woolley Hall and Wolley Grange in Berkshire, with plans to convert the…
Earl-y success for Capco as over 200 Lillie Square flats go in a jiffy
Capco has revealed it has already shifted 204 of the 237 flats in Phase One of its new Lillie Square scheme, with some buyers coughing up well over £1,800 psf for the 'standard' units.
Urbane Renewal: The three PCL regeneration zones to watch
Which areas of prime central London are top acquisition firms tipping for long term growth potential? Here's The Buying Solution's three current faves...
1. Victoria
‘Notorious’ Rockwood Estate up for auction
The Rockwood Estate - a 360-acre swathe of Surrey including an eleven-bedroom mansion reported to have once been the home of Benazir Bhutto - has been listed for public auction this summer.
Spring market in full bloom, but transactions still 35% lower than ‘normal’
The property market is at the vanguard of the UK's wider economic recovery, says Carter Jonas in its Spring Review, with house prices and transaction numbers rising pretty much across the board in England…
Royalton buys former BBC home for resi conversion
Luxury developer Royalton Group has bought the old BBC building on Marylebone High Street, W1, for £75m with plans to convert it into high-end apartments.