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Bricks & Mortals: What does ‘safe’ mean in the London property market today?
When it comes to investing in the capital's property market, the term 'safe' has taken on a very different meaning in recent years;
First Look: Wilben’s new £32.5m townhouse on Chester Square
The boutique development firm set up by twin brothers William and Benjamin Samuels has just put the finishing touches to its most ambitious project to date - an absolute belter in one of the best bits of…
London & Regional plans new cultural quarter for Elephant & Castle
Investment firm London & Regional Properties is planning "an iconic new cultural quarter for Elephant & Castle" as part of its development of the Skipton House office block.
Urban Exposure backs £48m scheme in NW London
Non-bank lender Urban Exposure has financed a luxury resi development in Finchley to the tune of £10m.
Prime Property of the Week: The Other Boat Race
Swan Walk, Chelsea
£8,950 per week
Well before the boys in light and dark blue started taking each other on, another boat race was already drawing crowds of Londoners to the riverbanks each year.
Pastor Real Estate brings in new Head of Sales
Part of the Monaco based Pastor range of companies
‘Flight to quality’ in divided PCL as buyers stay cautious
The prime central London market changed up a gear in September, says Knight Frank, but performance has varied dramatically across town and we're still some way off a full-blown recovery.
Pair of Battersea houses go for £8.7m, with plans for two £15m mansions
Two adjoining properties overlooking Battersea Park with planning permission for conversion into two super-prime mansions have been sold for £8.7m.
Hadid Made: Starchitect’s first New York resi scheme to feature $50m penthouse
Zaha Hadid's first resi effort in New York has just hit the sales market and it looks pretty amazing.
Surrey agency goes interactive with ‘intelligent’ window
A Surrey estate agency has installed a neat gizmo in its high street branch to harvest applicants 24/7.
Property Ombudsman updates Codes of Practice
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has just issued amended and updated versions of all its Codes of Practice for sales, lettings and buying agents UK and Scotland, in order to keep pace with legislative…
In Pictures: Stanhope’s BBC Television Centre
Stanhope plc is limbering up for the official launch of its mixed-use development of BBC Television Centre in White City, West London.