Location: United Kingdom
Off(shore) Market: London’s £100bn-worth of property owned by overseas companies
Offshore-based "corporate entities" have bought up over £100bn-worth of property across London within the last six years - including one in six homes in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and many…
St James launches design competition for Albert Embankment placemaking
Berkeley-group developer St James has teamed up with the Royal College of Art and placemaking agency Futurecity to launch a competition for postgrad students to design a new public realm for the Albert…
Low & Mighty: ‘80% rise in demand’ for prime London’s low-build houses
An agency has noted a surge in enquiries for low-build houses in prime central London of late.
Stock shortage will put brakes on recovery – Foxtons
The market is "taking time to recover" from the General Election, says Foxtons plc in its latest trading update; the firm's figures are looking decidedly healthier already though...
Transaction levels continue in healthy vein – HMRC
The residential property market continued its relatively healthy trend through September, with 106,030 transactions lodged with the Land Registry.
Sotheby’s recruits Knight Frank man to lead PCL expansion plans
UK Sotheby’s International Realty has recruited Knight Frank's Simon Tollit as Sales Director.
New batch of Chelsea Waterfront apartments launched after first phase sell-out
Hutchison Property Group is releasing the second tranche of apartments in its massive Chelsea Waterfront scheme, described as "the last remaining significant river fronting site on the north bank of the…
MI5 and MI6 headquarters next in line for government sell-off?
As Daniel Craig prepares to pout his way through another Bond outing, there's been some interesting speculation around the Thames-side headquarters of both MI5 and MI6.
Mercedes-Benz rolls into interior design
A serviced apartment block in Kensington has teamed up with Mercedes-Benz to create some seriously high-spec, high-tech interiors.
Office-to-Resi Rights: Boom or bust for developers?
In the wake of last week's big announcement by David Cameron, James Lawrence talks us through the real implications of office-to-resi permitted development rights becoming permanent...
Belgravia house goes for £8.5m in rare distressed sale
A five-bedroom property in prime Belgravia has been snapped up at practically half the price it was being advertised at a few years ago, after being placed into receivership.
Customer Services Director joins Weston Plc’s Board
Home counties developer, Weston Homes Plc has appointed its Quality Assurance & Customer Services Director to its Board.