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£200m development plan for Oxford’s West End
A joint venture between Oxford City Council and Nuffield College has acquired a swathe of central Oxford, with plans for a major £200m mixed-use scheme, which promises to "breathe new life into the heart…
The New Cool: On the changing fashions of the London property market
Due to London's rare geographical fluidity, deeply unfashionable areas can emerge as achingly cool in a short space of time, while others can just as easily lose their edge, says Jazmin Atkins...
First to buy at Shoreditch scheme ‘gets a free Fiat cabrio’
Developers are offering some pretty interesting sweeteners these days, and this new scheme in Shoreditch is chucking in a free Fiat convertible for the first buyer past the post.
Carter Jonas recruits New Homes boss from CBRE
Heather Littlejohn has been signed up to lead Carter Jonas' New Homes team in London.
Green light for Greenland’s giant Hertsmere House
Plans to build the biggest resi tower in Western Europe have been given the thumbs up in East London.
Finishing School: The unique surfaces offering marks of distinction and difference
Changes to property taxation may be taking their toll on the high-end resi market in London, but whilst commissions to refurbish recently-purchased properties are slowing, this is being offset by an…
Sting & Trudie Styler sell off prize contents of ‘the ultimate London home’
150 items from Sting and Trudie Styler's glorious St James's townhouse are being sold off at Christie's next week.
Number of £1m+ homes ‘to more than triple’ by 2030
The number of UK properties worth at least £1m is expected "to more than triple between now and 2030", says Santander Mortgages, rising from under 500,000 today to over 1.6 million in 15 years' time.
London the ‘guinea pig’ for New York’s pied-à-terre tax
The UK is being seen as a "guinea pig" by policymakers pondering a "pied-à-terre tax" across the pond.
‘The fall in owner occupation appears to have abated’ – English Housing Survey
"After a period of recent decline, the fall in owner occupation appears to have abated," says the latest English Housing Survey, which also reports that homeowners are "more satisfied" with life than…
Government launches upward extension plan for London
The Government has published its consultation on the introduction of a new London-wide permitted development right, allowing additional storeys to be built up to the roofline of an adjoining building.
London’s asking prices ‘to reach more realistic levels by the start of 2017’
The days of prime London acting as a "money making machine" are over for now, according to Cushman & Wakefield, but the outlook is still positive.