Location: United Kingdom
London swells as escape to the country loses its charm
The way people move in/out/around London is changing, according to the latest research report from Winkworth
Who’s buying 90 Long Acre?
Residential developer of the moment Native Land has been named by Property Week as the preferred bidder to purchase one of the most prominent office buildings in Covent Garden, for a reported £165m.
Client-Side: The quest for an honest profit in prime(ish) London
In the third installment of Alan Page's "Do-Er Upper Diary", the serial renovator and buying-agent-turned-client continues his search for a property with the x-factor...
Big Picture: Knight Frank optimistic on global prime property prices
Knight Frank has released a "quietly optimistic" Prime Global Residential Forecast, with prime property prices expected to rise in 2013 by an average of 2.5% across all 14 major cities surveyed
Boris unveils London Rental Standard
Boris Johnson has announced plans for a new "London Rental Standard" to be launched next year, aimed at promoting high standards and empowering consumers in the rental sector;
Christmas is a cracking time for deals
Will it be a sleepy slow-down or a mad panic rush for the prime property market this festive season, asks Camilla Dell...
December is a funny month.
New partner for Strutt country
Luke Morgan, formerly of Knight Frank's The Buying Solution, has joined Strutt & Parker's country department as a national partner at its offices in Mayfair, London
Ups and downs for global house prices in 2012
The world's housing markets posted mixed signals during the full year to Q3 2012, according to the latest survey of global house price trends. The bad news is strongly concentrated in Europe
Cadogan Estate appoints former Chief Executive of Land Securities
The Cadogan Estate has announced the appointment of Francis Salway as a Non-Executive Director, with effect from December 2012
Crystal balls: prices will be up 20% by 2018
Five years may be a long time, but Chesterton Humberts has taken a punt and projected that total price growth in London, the South East, East Anglia and South West will be pushing 20% by then (compared…
Cordea Savills’s resi fund starts spending
Cordea Savills's first London Residential Development Fund has started buying, spending £40m on two adjacent properties in Chelsea.
London under threat from high-rise developments
Ed Vaisey, the architecture and heritage minister, is "very worried" about the impact that high-rise developments on the South Bank will have on London's historic landscape and buildings, including the…