Location: United Kingdom
Sold (down the river?): A bittersweet success story in Kensington
Our resident doer upper Alan Page has finally sold his rather lovely Kensington renovation project - but a George Osborne-shaped cloud has managed to take the shine out of the celebrations...
Basement Wars: Feelings run deep in London’s quest for space
As two of London's most prosperous hedge fund managers lock horns over a 3,500 square foot basement extension in Holland Park, Belinda Walkinshaw surveys the current planning landscape and has some sage…
Argent and Galliard unveil London’s ‘most expensive and entertaining’ marketing suite
Galliard and Argent Design have laid claim to creating the "coolest", "most expensive" and "most entertaining" marketing suite in London, involving the repurposing of a Victorian viaduct in Shoreditch.
MIPIM Diaries #2: Nicky Richmond
The Budget did not go down well in Cannes, reports Brecher's Nicky Richmond in her latest missive from MIPIM...
Its like a stag party, said the client, but with business cards...
‘Rigorous’ council lettings agency lists just one property
It's been pointed out that the first lettings agency to be set up by a London council is currently advertising a solitary instruction.
Clivedale shows off its £1 billion super-prime London pipeline
Four-year plan to drip-feed the schemes through to the HNW market
Details published on UK properties owned by overseas companies
Detailed information went public today on 100,000 property titles in England and Wales registered to foreign owned companies.
Iranian buyers gear up for £6bn overseas property spending spree
London, Dubai, Switzerland, Germany and the South of France could be in line for a £6 billion wave of investment from UHNW Iranian property buyers over the next 5-10 years, according to new predictions.
French resi market boosted by return of the Brits
Residential sales across France were up 12.5% last year compared to the same period in 2014, according to the Notaires de France.
North Ken Crossrail station ‘back on the agenda’
After going underground for a couple of years, the idea of adding a Lizzie Line stop in North Kensington has resurfaced.
Boris restricts office-to-resi to ‘protect London’s commercial heartland’
The Mayor of London has published a new batch of planning rules for the capital's "Central Activities Zone", which runs from Kensington Gardens and Paddington in the west, to Aldgate in the east, and…
Archant launches international property glossy
Regional publishing force Archant has decided to pump considerable resources into launching a quarterly global luxury property magazine, after spotting a "gap in the market".