Location: South West
Resi developer nails £57m Battersea acquisition
Fifth Capital London has reportedly landed a two-acre swathe of Battersea with designs on a £200m resi scheme.
Green light for controversial school-to-resi scheme in Bath
One of Bath's most fiercely-debated new schemes was reportedly given the go-ahead by planners yesterday.
The project will use traditional Bath stone in a bid to blend in with neighbouring Lansdown Crescent
Change at the top as Prime Purchase names new MD
Hugo Thistlethwayte will be stepping down as Managing Director of Savills' buying arm Prime Purchase, which he helped to found back in 2002, in January.
New recruit for Watership Property
Independent buying outfit Watership Property has hired former Savills Associate Tania Thompson to cover the key Cotswolds and Oxfordshire patch.
Cornish resort to ban new holiday homes?
St Ives, the properly lovely artists' retreat / fishing town / home of a Tate in Cornwall, is drawing up plans that might stop the construction of any new holiday homes.
FORECAST: +4% for UK house prices next year; +1.5% for PCL – JLL
JLL has predicted that UK house prices will rise by 4% next year, and is expecting Greater London to significantly outperform PCL.
Growth in prime central London will stand at 1.
Knight Frank promotes 103 to Partner and Associate
Knight Frank has made a bundle of promotions, bumping 34 employees up to Partner level and another 69 to the Associate rank.
On the residential side of the business, 25 have been made Partners:
Britain’s 20 worst places to invest in property
11 locations are delivering negative yields to investors, with property prices in the worst performing areas dropping by more than 7% a year, according to a new list of the UK's "property investment blackspots".
£11,400-a-minute: How commuting time affects house prices
An extra minute on a commute knocks £11,400 off the value of a property, according to (more) research from CBRE.
Cash In The Attic: Converting this unmod roof space in South Ken ‘could add another £1.55m’
Billed as a 'Grand Designs-style opportunity', an unusual instruction has just hit the market in South Kensington complete with one of the most sought-after features in London...a massive attic.
Out of Africa: Nigeria’s super-rich make a move on London
Super-rich African oligarchs have spent over £600m on luxury homes in London in the last three years, with Nigerian buyers alone accounting for £250m.
The Doer Upper returns with a W8 on his shoulders
It's been a hectic Summer for our resident Doer Upper Alan Page, as he set about gutting a cottage in finest Kensington. Current living conditions, however, don't quite live up to the location...