Location: United Kingdom
Average land prices rising as demand continues to grow – Savills
Builders are once again taking on more challenging urban sites and strategic land, says Savills in its latest UK Resi Development Land update
Singapore buyer exchanges on £200m Royal Wharf development site
Royal Wharf, a 37-acre site on the Thames, has been sold for around £200m to Singapore-listed developer Oxley Holdings.
Almacantar bags £220m loan for Centre Point scheme
Almacantar has reportedly secured a £220m monster-loan from US-based Starwood Property Trust and Starwood European Real Estate Finance for its ambitious Centre Point redevelopment.
Phoney Money: The trouble with time-wasters
It's not the agents who are dodgy in London, says our resident doer upper Alan Page, it's the buyers.
Transaction volume to rise by 50% by 2018, pointing to a healthier market – Hamptons
“The fixation with house prices as an indicator of housing market recovery is misplaced," says Hamptons' Research Director in the firm's latest market forecast report.
42-acre rock star hotel site offered for resi development
A "landmark" development site on the banks of the Thames in South Buckinghamshire has been put up for sale by Irish "bad bank" NAMA, after an option by Barratt Homes expired
K&C basement ban barny delays plans
Kensington & Chelsea's plans to put a stop to "iceberg houses" and mega-basements have, predictably, riled some property developers
Amazon backs ISG for Nash crescent resi development
Amazon Property has again plumped for ISG to handle its latest project, a £20m scheme to restore three buildings on a Nash-designed terrace overlooking Regent's Park back to full resi use.
Zoopla moves to a bigger home
Property portal kingpin Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) is upping sticks and moving a good five minute walk down the road from its current base on Union Street in Southwark
Public View: Battersea Power Station opens up
The Battersea Power Station Development Company is throwing open its doors, inviting all and sundry to take a gander at the project's detailed design proposals
Treasury “awaiting final decision” on foreign investor CGT
It may have already been dismissed by the Treasury as "pre-Autumn Statement speculation", but the spectre of a capital gains tax on foreign investors has been doing the rounds this morning.
Confidence boosting prime London markets – CBRE
"London’s credentials as a safe haven for investment remain its greatest asset," says Mark Collins in CBRE's Q3 prime London resi market report as sales volumes lift 7% and prices 1.7%