Location: United Kingdom
Prices fall across England & Wales; ‘Gears grinding’ in prime London heartlands
The latest HPI reading from the Land Registry has shown a monthly price decrease of -0.5% across England & Wales, bringing the annual change to 6.7%.
In London a marginal monthly uplift of 0.
Chelsea agency makes a move on Spain
Longstanding Chelsea estate agency Maskells has teamed up with an overseas partner to offer clients access to prime Spanish stock.
Villa Colorado in Marbella, on the market at €11.9m
Emerging Prime values hold up as younger buyers move in
Douglas & Gordon's latest statistics provide further confirmation that London's centre cannot hold, as house prices in "emerging prime" areas drift down at a slower rate than in prime proper for the second…
Planning approvals for new homes in London tumble by 64%
Four in ten new London homes were rejected by planners in Q1, as the total number of approvals tumbled by 64% compared to the same period last year - although Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea approved…
Picky planning is ‘contributing to a completely unfair and immoral housing shortfall’
"Change isn't happening", says Stirling Ackroyd's Andrew Bridges as new figures show that the number of new homes granted planning permission in London has plummeted by 64% in the last year, with…
LendInvest development finance team completing a deal a week
LendInvest's new development finance division has written 14 deals in its first four months, ranging from £400k right up to £10m.
Emaar sets up shop in Harrods to sell the “Riviera of the Middle East”
Dubai-based mega-developer Emaar Properties, the firm behind the world’s incumbent tallest building, Burj Khalifa, has teamed up with Harrods Estates to promote its latest project: Dubai Creek Harbour,…
Merchant Land unveils new Marylebone scheme
Boutique developer Merchant Land has pulled the covers off this rather handsome Georgian-inspired scheme in London's Marylebone.
Volumes up but prices down in Scotland
The latest Registers of Scotland figures have shown an 18.2% year-on-year rise in resi transactions in Q1, although the average property price fell by 8.4%.
Top artists line up for £1m public art display at Sager’s Islington Square
Futurity, one of the UK's top cultural and placemaking agencies, has been brought in to curate and deliver £1m-worth of new public artworks at Sager Group's Islington Square development.
Investor charge drives big rise in cash purchases across prime London
New figures have shown that 40% of the properties purchased in Prime London over the last three months were bought in cash, as investors charged on the capital.
Skills shortage sharpens for SME builders as new private housing projects jump 20%
Salaries for small building firms are soaring as a result of the growing skills shortage, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), as the number of new private housing projects increased by…