Location: United Kingdom
“Most perfect house in the British Isles” up for auction with £250k-£500k guide
It's very rare to see an entire estate go up for sale by auction. It's blue moon time when it includes a property of the stature of Halswell House. Let alone with a guide price of £250k-£500k.
Mortgage lending hits five-year high on the back of “overwhelmingly positive” economic news
"We do not expect the Bank of England to move quickly to raise interest rates, once the UK passes the 7% unemployment threshold," says the Council of Mortgage Lenders, as "housing activity is set to strengthen…
River Banking: London’s waterfront market
"The top 10 cities in the world for global real estate in terms of both where to live and invest are all located either on the banks of a major river, on the harbour front or by the ocean," points out…
Brand Slam: Zoopla catches up with Rightmove
Relatively young upstart Zoopla reckons it's neck and neck with Rightmove in the brand awareness stakes these days.
Prime outer London market outpacing PCL – Knight Frank
Less than a week after releasing its predictions for the next five years (+24% UK-wide if you missed it), Knight Frank has been updating us on last month's activity in the UK, prime and rental markets.
New Land Reg stats show a “painfully slow UK recovery”
New numbers from the Land Registry show a "painfully slow UK recovery", with Q3's average house prices crawling up at a rate three times lower than the long term average, says London Central Portfolio's…
Almacantar signs-off on super-prime resi units for Marble Arch Tower
Rafael Viñoly's £500m-ish mixed-use plans for Almacantar's new-look Marble Arch Tower have apparently been finalised, with the proposed development involving the demolition of the existing 1960s tower…
Battersea Power Station Public View: Highlights
Battersea Power Station's plans have been on public display for a couple of weeks now; if you haven't managed to be nosy on site in person, here are some of the more visual highlights...
Mayfair Capital closes resi fund
Mayfair Capital Investment Management has closed its London resi development finance fund, Mayfair Capital Residential 1 with £28m in the pot.
This closing - the second and final - brought in £12.
Prime & super-prime markets to stall until 2015 – Abrahmsohn
Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn looks back at the year that was and explains his predictions for 2014...
Firstly, what has 2013 served up for us so far?
Property Ombudsman launches new rules for buying agents
The Property Ombudsman has announced a new Code of Practice for property buying agents in the hope of bringing a semblance of proper professionalism to the industry.
Knight Frank expands resi research unit
Knight Frank has recruited a new Associate Partner to its Residential Research team.