Location: United Kingdom
Hong Kong: Where property prices are as high as the buildings
Who'd pay Knightsbridge prices for Elephant & Castle living? That's exactly what buyers in Hong Kong are doing, says an incredulous Alan Page from over yonder.
Former D&G boss to lead Lomond Capital’s charge south
Ivor Dickinson joins Northern property investment firm with Southern ambitions
New operator to ‘take the Planning Portal to the next level’
Land referencing firm TerraQuest has been appointed as the preferred bidder to take over the running of the Planning Portal, with plans to "take the Portal to the next level".
Pricey Comparison: The world’s most unaffordable property markets
Hong Kong is the world's least affordable place to buy a home - with median house prices coming in at 17 times the median income - while the UK's overall multiple is a - relatively - benign 4.7.
Fashion tycoon’s new mansion ruffles feathers in Wiltshire
The construction of a new nine bedroom mansion has caused a right old fuss in sleepy Ramsbury, with two tycoons seemingly at war over scuppered pheasant shoots and plots to pop off some "monotonous" poplars.
Attack the Block: Planners turn off Kensington Odeon scheme
There's been a big twist in the ongoing plot to redevelop Kensington High Street's Odeon cinema.
Swiss Please: Currency windfall drives ‘overnight’ surge of investors to London
Last week's surprise removal of the EURCHF floor and another cut in the deposit rate has already driven a surge of enquiries from Switzerland's wealthocracy looking to shift assets to Blighty, say property…
RBKC Basement Ban claims ‘key’ scalp in Holland Park
CPC Group's proposed 24 unit scheme on Holland Park has been turned down by the Royal Borough's planners on architectural grounds due, in part at least, to the council's mega-basement ban policy.
Government announces ‘exceptional’ HS2 compensation package
After carrying out two major consultations, the government has laid out its package of measures for owner occupiers along the HS2 Phase One route between London and the West Midlands.
More growth for prime country house prices, but the pace is easing
Prime country house prices nudged up again - for the eighth quarter in a row - in 2014's Q4 to deliver the strongest run of price inflation since 2007, with 2014 delivering a +3.4% increase for the year.
INTERVIEW: Camilla Dell on why buying without an agent is like going to court without a lawyer
Founder and MD of one of London's most successful acquisition agencies
Prime Property of the Week: King George III’s Banquet Hall
King George III Suite, Albury Park, Surrey
£6m
As far as reception rooms go, this 42-foot marvel, the actual venue for King George III's Coronation Banquet in 1761, is hard to beat.