Location: United Kingdom
Land Registry stats show scale of London’s £2m+ sales slide
The latest data dump from the Land Registry has shown a monthly price increase of +1.7% across England & Wales, bringing the annual change to +4.6%. Transaction levels have taken a right pounding though.
Omni boosts finance team with Candy and West One hires
Christian Candy-owned property lender Omni Capital has recruited a new Financial Director and a new Financial Controller to "bring further robustness" to the team.
RBKC gets tough on developer ads
The Royal Borough is getting seriously hacked off with developers advertising their wares without permission.
Prime Property of the Week: Miami Nice
Penthouse, FENDI Château Residences, Miami
$25m
Château Group has just topped out on what could well be the most fashionable off-plan opportunity in the world right now.
House of the Year 2015: RIBA’s Manser Medal gets TV-ready rebrand
The RIBA's Manser Medal has been rebranded as "House of the Year", and will be getting it's own four-part TV series this year, produced by the people behind Grand Designs.
Prime Recce: City & East London residential development hotspots
Knight Frank's James Barton gives us the inside track on the City & East areas offering up the most exciting resi development opportunities right now...
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London’s off-plan sales strategy is ‘likely to give way’ to a more owner-occupied model – BNP Paribas
London's property prices will be "around 80% ahead of the peak of the market prior to the financial crisis" by 2020, says BNP Paribas, although the top-end - above £5m - is "still set to decline in…
Lending in London comes out of the seasonal dip – but down on last year – CML
Home-owner house purchase activity in Greater London has "come out of the traditional seasonal dip to show growth in the second quarter by volume and value," says the Council of Mortgage Lenders, "but…
Grade I Queen Anne’s Gate mansion goes for £19m
A Grade I listed stonker on Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster has reportedly just been sold in one of the biggest deals of the summer.
Top Scottish architecture firm goes bust
Edinburgh-based Malcolm Fraser Architects, which has won eight RIBA Awards, been shortlisted for the Stirling-prize, and won a Doolan Prize, has ceased trading, surprising pretty much everyone.
A Deal A Day: The rise of the 24-hour exchange
"Fierce competition for property in the prime central London market is driving buyers to insist on a 24-hour exchange window as a term of their offer," says search agency Banda Property.
Carter Jonas launches York lettings team
Carter Jonas has decided to add a lettings offering to its York operation after seeing the city's rental market rocket.