Location: United Kingdom
Blue Plaques back in business thanks to just one donor
English Heritage has re-opened nominations for Blue Plaques in London, more than 18 months after swingeing funding cuts put the kibosh on new badges for buildings, after a single donor provided new funds.
Romancing the Stone: The houses built by love
Many a man has been driven to great lengths by love, and architecture is often a rewarding (though insatiable) mistress for such a passion, says Matthew Beckett...
Indian buyers and developers make £1bn move on Mayfair
After an extraordinary eighteen-month-long buying spree, ultra high net worth purchasers, investors and developers from India have become the dominant overseas force in the Mayfair property market, according…
Run Direction: Estate Agents raise £££ for Housing for Women
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward led the field around Clapham Common at the weekend's London Estate Agents 10k run, with the agency's 50-strong team raising £10,000 for the charity Housing for Women.
Hamptons International boosts Bath lettings team
Hamptons International hired a new Lettings Manager to head things up in Bath.
Joanne Smith
Baroness Thatcher’s last home to go on sale for £35m?
The Belgravia home of former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher could be about to hit the market for up to £35m, according to reports.
Chester Square, Belgravia
Tour of Beauty: New scheme launches with a ‘Ladies Day’
One firm has decided to inject a bit of glamour into the launch of a new development in Berkshire.
Interior Motive: Why you should be designing your scheme from the inside out
The exterior of a building may attract buyers initially, but it is a successfully designed interior that markets and sells a super-prime property, says Joe Burns...
Asking prices hit ‘virtual standstill’ as London ‘runs out of steam’ – Rightmove
It's been a while since Rightmove's asking prices went any which way but up, but it happened in May: the month saw a "marked change" to the trend with new seller asking prices "at a virtual standstill",…
Battersea Power Station launches placemaking manual
The Battersea Power Station Development Company has launched The Placebook: Battersea Power Station as part of the 2014 London Festival of Architecture.
Agents Giving recruits Regional Directors
Agents Giving is signing up a batch of Regional Directors across the UK to "encourage more agents to get on board as charity ambassadors and to raise more funds for good causes."
London needs £154bn of new housing over the next ten years – Knight Frank
£154bn is needed over the next decade to meet new demand for private housing in London, according to Knight Frank’s Bridging the Gap report.