Location: United Kingdom
Prime Property of the Week: The Moat That Rocked
Caverswall Castle, Staffordshire
£3m
Security systems, panic rooms and motion sensors are all very good, but if your client needs real security, you can't beat a good moat.
St George hosts NAWIC event at Battersea Reach
Resi developer St George threw an event at its Battersea Reach scheme this week to raise awareness of employment opportunities for women in the UK construction industry.
Abrahmsohn: Why Mandy was right to diss the Mansion Tax
Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn thought Lord Mandelson was just a "hobnobbing champagne socialist" before his performance on Newsnight this week. Now he's not so sure...
Unfinished ‘Capability’ Brown landscape to be brought to life 300 years on
An unfinished Lancelot "Capability" Brown landscape is to be completed at Belvoir Castle after the recent discovery of the 18th century pre-survey plans.
G&T tees up Bloomsbury project with £13.6m refinancing deal
Top end developer G&T has secured a £13.6m senior refinancing loan for its John Street scheme in the middle of Bloomsbury.
Countrywide ‘poised to deliver record results’
Property gigantor Countrywide says it is "poised to deliver record results in 2014 in line with expectations despite recent market slow-down."
Home Counties rents ‘turn the corner’ in 2014
Prime rents in the Home Counties "turned the corner" last year, says Knight Frank, despite a 0.5% drop in the last quarter.
Civvy Streets: Green light for £1.5bn St John’s Wood Barracks resi development
A Malaysian billionaire’s controversial proposals to develop St John’s Wood Barracks in NW London have bagged a thumbs-up from Westminster planners.
Action Stations: Crossrail’s ‘biggest winners’ revealed
After analysing every single station along the route, JLL has worked out that Whitechapel in East London will reap the most significant resi rewards from the arrival of Crossrail.
Local Mansions? What price is a top 2.5% home around the country?
Lord Mandelson has come out swinging against Labour's proposed mansion tax on homes worth over £2m, arguing that it's "crude" and throwing his dark powers behind the idea of overhauling council tax as…
‘The days of the iceberg houses are over’ but RBKC basement ban ‘will actually encourage’ excavation applications
A Chelsea builder has reported a spike in subterranean-related enquiries on the back of the Royal Borough's anti-basement policy stance.
Walpole anoints 12 luxury ‘brands of tomorrow’
Luxury brand consortium Walpole has, with a little help from law bods Mishcon de Reya, identified a dozen up-and-coming luxury businesses for its 2015 Brands of Tomorrow programme.