Location: United Kingdom
Never Knowingly Undersell: John Lewis development site to go for £150m?
The John Lewis Partnership is reportedly gearing up to offload a massive prime resi development site in Chelsea.
The John Lewis Clearings site from Denyer Street
Chelsea, Knightsbridge & Kensington transaction levels up 49%
It sounds like February was a pretty lively one in the PCL sales market; W.A.
Steady growth for PCL as the £10m+ market slows
February was the 40th consecutive month of price rises for prime central London property, according to Knight Frank, but prices at the top of the top-end seem to be easing up as a general sense of (relative)…
What Ozymandias can tell us about the London property market
Beware the hubris of market interference, says Jeremy McGivern as he turns to Shelley's King of Kings for insight into London's inflating property prices: equality is not - and never has been - an option…
Asian cities dominate global prime property price growth
Booming Asian hubs have dominated Knight Frank's annual review of luxury property markets around the world, but some of the cities most affected by the 2008 downturn have been hitting the road to recovery,…
How many prime square metres will US$1m buy you around the world?
Monaco, where US$1m buys you a paltry 15 square metres
City
$1m buys X sq m
Monaco
15.0
Hong Kong
20.6
London
25.2
Singapore
32.6
Geneva
34.7
New York
40.2
Knight Frank expands in Belgravia
If yesterday belonged to JLL, it's all about Knight Frank today.
The firm's Belgravia sales team has opened the doors to some shiny new offices on the corner of Chester Square and Lower Belgrave Street.
Boris opens door to new top council tax band
Mayor Boris Johnson: "If you compared with a Russian oligarch is paying on his stuccoed schloss in Kensington in annual council tax compared to what such a gentleman might be asked to pay in Paris or New…
Hidden Stanley Peach masterpiece hits the market
A converted electricity sub-station built by the renowned Scottish architect Charles Stanley Peach has just hit the market in Little Venice, with a price tag of £17.95m.
Genr8 recruits A-list team for major urban development projects
Urban renewal specialists Genr8 has recruited some seriously heavyweight people, including former JLL Chief Exec and Chairman of the UK Green Building Council Andrew Gould, to its team in advance of…
Call for listed building owners to have their say
The government has been playing around with listed building consents, introducing a swathe of reforms that are intended to improve the lot of heritage home owners and the properties they care for...
Stelios to “aggressively slash estate agency fees” with easyProperty launch
easyBillionaire Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is finally getting in to property, with a very bright orange holding page for easyProperty trumpeting a move into the industry "in true 'easy' style."