Location: United Kingdom
Rental Health: Million-plus lettings surge as HNW buyers wait and see
It looks like London's super-rich are opting for to wait and see for the next 12 months, as the very top-end of the rentals market - with six and seven figure annual rents - booms.
Wishing Wellness: The rise of the ensuite luxury spa
The design bar is being raised in private spas and "wellness areas" says Lawson Robb's Alix Lawson, as plunge pools and steam rooms are lifted out of the basement and into the light.
Estate Agency of the Year Awards: Winners
Many awards were dished out at last week's Estate Agency of the Year Awards; here's who won what.
Overall Winner
Pygott & Crone
Best Buying Agency
Gold: Black Brick
Silver: Garrington
Ortega tops UK property rich list
Taking some time off from compiling the Sunday Times Rich List, Dr Richard Beresford's been working out who are the 250 wealthiest individuals in the UK property world.
What’s hot for 2015: Maida Vale for investors; Marylebone for owner-occupiers
London-based buying agency Black Brick is tipping Maida Vale as the investment hotspot to watch next year, although Marylebone should remain the go-to option for discerning owner-occupiers...
Carter Jonas ramps up planning team after yet another acquisition
Just a few weeks after strengthening its estate agency business by snapping up Barnes-based Boileaus, Carter Jonas has seriously bolstered its planning offering in the capital with the acquisition of…
Dukelease lands Buckingham Gate office-to-resi approval
Westminster Council has agreed to luxury property developer Dukelease's proposed conversion of Eggington House, 25-28 Buckingham Gate.
Prime Property of the Week: The Ultimate One-Bed?
One Hyde Park, Knightsbridge
£5.6m
Johns&Co recruits lettings head from Knight Frank
"Exponential growth" since last year's launch of luxury new-build specialist estate agency Johns & Co has meant the firm has just recruited a batch of new faces, including a key hire from Knight Frank.
Shabby-to-Chic: The Doer Upper’s Kensington project, done up
It may have come in over budget and behind schedule, but it's "not to shabby, even if I do say so myself," says Alan Page with pride from his doer upper project in Kensington as the sales agents get to work.
Rising Stamp: Surveying the new SDLT landscape
The movement from a Stamp Duty slab tax to a graduated tax is a welcome move, says residential fund management outfit LCP on the first day of the new SDLT regime.
Winkworth calls time on London’s property boom but business performance remains ‘in line with expectations’
"The spike experienced in London at the end of the first quarter has progressively subsided, especially in the prime central London market," says Winkworth in a market outlook statement issued just before…