Location: United Kingdom
Planners ‘astonished’ to find Kensington property had been demolished
RBKC planners have halted work on a site in Kensington after an ad hoc visit revealed the developer had cracked on before fulfilling a key condition of the permission.
Abingdon Road in Kensington (archive)
Foxtons profits end up after ‘a year of two halves’
Foxtons Group Plc's pre-tax profits jumped by 8.2% last year, despite a "sharp downturn" through the second half and some naysaying from financial pundits.
Ted Baker moves into interior design with That Group
Fashion brand Ted Baker is moving into interior design, signing a £250,000 deal to deck out a development in Bournemouth.
Crown Estate names new Head of Development
The Crown Estate has appointed Matt Giles as its new Head of Development.
The rise of resi, Asia’s ‘flight to safety’ and other global real estate megatrends
Residential property is "moving out of the public or semi-public sector and specialist investor/developer ambit, and into the mainstream," and the movement of capital from East to West is likely to remain…
Green House: Belgravia refurb becomes first listed building to hit BREEAM Outstanding
A Grade II listed home on Ebury Street, Belgravia, has won BRE's BREEAM Residential Award after becoming the first listed building in the UK to achieve the highest possible "Outstanding" rating for its…
Letter from MIPIM #1: A Different Time
Nicky Richmond reports back from her nineteenth MIPIM, where things seem very different to how they were in 1996...
Just a single glance at the overstuffed diary makes me feel a little anxious.
‘Dramatic’ fall in PCL house sales (even for an election year)
A significant reduction in transactions is to be expected in an election year, but there have only been nineteen house sales across the whole of Belgravia, Chelsea, Knightsbridge and Kensington in…
McCloud’s HAB moves into the luxury market
Kevin McCloud's HAB Housing has landed planning approval from the Vale of White Horse District Council for its first luxury resi development: Five houses just outside Oxford that "will embody the company’s…
Hamptons acquires property consultancy ikon
A week after announcing the takeover of Hertfordshire-based agency John Curtis, Hamptons has made another acquisition in the form of multi-discipline property consultancy, ikon.
Forty Minutes Flat: Is this London’s fastest ever rental deal?
A one bed flat on Pollen Street has apparently just set a new record for the capital's rental market, after closing in just 40 minutes.
Best Places to Live 2015: The UK’s top 50 urban locations
After crowning Chagford as the best spot to live in Britain's countryside, the Sunday Times turned its attention to urban areas in the second heat of its annual "Best Places to Live" rundown.