Location: United Kingdom
Dame Zaha Hadid dies aged 65
Dame Zaha Hadid has died after suffering a sudden heart attack.
‘Definitive’ single UK House Price Index to launch in June
Details of the new single UK House Price Index (UK HPI) - an official amalgam of the ONS and Land Registry, due to launch properly in June - have been released, including a handy comparison of how historic…
In Pictures: The UK’s ‘most expensive conservatory’
Thanks to being affixed to a grand Mayfair apartment, this common or garden conservatory was valued at £750k in its own right this week.
London estate agents gear up for 10k charity race
Over 50 agents have signed up for the third annual London Estate Agents’ 10k Race in aid of Housing for Women.
At Home in Britain: Designing the House of Tomorrow (exhibition)
The Royal Institute of British Architects and BBC Four have teamed up to create a new exhibition - At Home in Britain: Designing the House of Tomorrow - which re-examines how we live and showcases thought-provoking…
Vendors ‘staying on after completion’ as buyers try to beat tax deadline
Vendors and buyers in PCL have found an unusual workaround to beat the SDLT surcharge deadline, according to JLL-owned Knightsbridge agency W.A.Ellis.
Great Portland recruits new Portfolio Director
After promoting two to its Executive Committee last July, Great Portland Estates has made another hire, bringing in a new Portfolio Director to help "provide the Group with further capacity to deliver…
£7.7m show apartment and David Bailey art gallery unveiled at The Chilterns
The first completed apartment has been unveiled at Marylebone's exclusive The Chilterns scheme, along with the first art gallery to be set within a luxury new-build apartment building in the capital.
Land Registry: Prices pause for breath; £1m+ deals up; £2m+ deals down
The Land Registry's February data has shown a monthly price decrease of 0.2% across England & Wales, putting the current annual price change at 6.1%.
Now you see them, now you don’t: Will vendors learn from the experience of 2015?
The market out there is robust, just so long as sellers don’t get greedy, says top PCL buying agent Saul Empson...
Government plans to ‘lift the veil’ on foreign companies buying UK real estate
In June, the UK will become the first G20 country to set up a publicly accessible central registry showing who really owns and controls companies.
Inside London’s most opulent subterranean scheme
One particular project in St John's Wood has been causing quite the stir over the last few weeks.