Location: United Kingdom
Resi conversions up 40% in Q2
Q2 saw a 40% leap in the number of properties converted from office, retail, and agricultural use and into resi across England.
Interior Blog Awards: Winners
The Amara Interior Blog Awards took over Firmdale's Ham Yard Hotel - and much of Instagram - last night; here's who won what:
BEST ARCHITECTURE BLOG
Dezeen
English Buildings (WINNER)
Homeli
One Hyde Park apartment tops September sales register
An apartment in Knightsbridge's One Hyde Park has topped the list of resi sales recorded by the Land Registry in September.
The latest dataset shows Apartment A.04.
78% of prime London agents think vendors are ‘being unrealistic’ about asking prices
The impact of changes to SDLT made at the end of 2014 "continue to be felt" across the prime central London resi market, notes LonRes in its Autumn Review, a situation exacerbated by increased uncertainty…
Clivedale wins Mayfair’s ‘last major office-to-resi conversion’
Developer Clivedale has won planning permission to convert JLL's former offices on Hanover Square into 41 luxury apartments and a hotel.
Knight Frank promotes 96
Knight Frank has made a fleet of promotions across the business, creating 39 new Salaried Partners and 57 new Associates.
Sellar picks stellar design team to deliver Paddington scheme
Sellar Property Group has assembled a stellar design line-up to deliver its high-profile "Shard of west London" vision.
Crossrail 2 consultation opens with new plans for King’s Road station
The big consultation into Crossrail 2 - the proposed Chelsea to Hackney line with King's Road station - is now open, and will run until 8th January 2016.
Outer London outguns PCL as ‘stamp duty stand-off’ stifles top-end transactions
The Land Registry recorded a monthly price increase of 1% in September across England & Wales, taking the annual change to +5.3%.
Heavy Duty: How the new SDLT system stuffed both ends of the market
The new SDLT regime is creating a boom and a bust at one end of the scale whilst raising less money for the government at the other; not such a clever move, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Realistic pricing ‘essential’ as overseas buyers lose appetite for PCL
Realistic pricing and domestic buyers are the key themes dominating the PCL market at the moment, according to the estate agency Winkworth.
Consultation begins on major Kensington development site
One of the most important remaining development sites in RBKC