Location: South East
Weston to woo the West End’s ‘global clientele’ with new corporate suite
London and Home Counties-centric housebuilder Weston Homes has opened a new corporate office suite in Marylebone’s Portman Square "in order to capitalise on the West End’s global clientele and strong local…
Making Tracks: How will improving transport links affect the prime country market?
Will the current raft of multimillion pound rail improvement projects result in a cultural shift towards buyers looking further afield? Lucy Pardoe looks at some of the changes afoot in the country marke…
Consero hires St George land buyer
Super-prime developer Consero London has appointed Freddie Webber as Land Buyer.
Geography Lesson: Redrawing the property market map
"Many local markets actually have a stronger correlation with a region other than the one in which they are physically located," says Savills' Neal Hudson, as he re-draws the UK property market map
Crown Estate marks Dukes Court as next stage of St James’s overhaul
The Crown Estate has mooted Dukes Court, a commercial block on the corner of Duke Street St James’s and Jermyn Street, as its next big play in the £500m redevelopment of the St James’s area in central London…
Grand Registry: The top 50 recorded deals of 2015 so far
Not every property sale gets recorded by the Land Registry - far from it in fact - but of the top fifty most expensive deals that have been lodged so far this year (January to April), only four were ou…
University Challenge: £400m Ardent Portfolio hits the market
A £400m portfolio of student digs across 12 UK University cities is being offloaded by The International Mutual Fund.
Out Now: PrimeResi Quarterly Summer 2015 Edition
The prime resi market is always a fascinating subject, but the last three months were packed with more drama than most years can manage.
New SW London office for Hamptons
Estate agency giant Hamptons International has decided to open up a new shop front in leafy south west London.
Highgate mansion spared as planners reject £80m ‘Stalinist wedding cake’
Proposals to replace one of Highgate's best-known period piles with a new-build mansion potentially worth £80m have been sensationally thrown out by the government's planning inspector.
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Peak Price Districts: The National Park / AONB house price premium
There is a price premium of up to 93% for properties located within a National Park, and up to 125% for those in an Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB) in England and Wales, says Knight Frank
Significant price growth ‘unlikely’ in the prime country house market
The long-term outlook for the prime country market is definitely positive, says Knight Frank, but the election result "is unlikely to lead to significant price growth.