Location: United Kingdom
Hot August for W.A.Ellis
The traditional August lull didn't happen for W.A.Ellis, with a "stronger than expected" sales market and lettings enquiries up 50% on July's levels, driven by wealthy students.
Core Market: Investor snaps up Apple Apartments scheme for £10.2m
A Middle Eastern buy-to-let investor has snapped up the entire Apple Apartments development at 94 Baker Street in one fell swoop.
Knight Frank strengthens super-prime development team
Knight Frank has scored a major coup by hiring former Sotheby's man Peter Bevan to enrich its super-prime new homes team.
Peter Bevan
Mansion Facts: Here’s why a £2m+ home tax wouldn’t work
Taxing mansions has been the talk of the town for four years now, but August was a bit quiet on the Mansion Tax front.
In Developments: Londonewcastle on why Queen’s Park is primed for place-making
How does a developer select a suitable area for a major new scheme?
Berkeley buys QVC building for £105m
Berkeley Group has bought QVC's old offices, Marco Polo House, in Battersea for £105m, outgunning Killian Hurley's Mount Anvil bid for the site, which has planning permission for 456 luxury residential…
Alchemi bags Victoria office-to-resi scheme
Resi developers Alchemi Group has exchanged on the Dept. for Transport's 180,000 sq ft office Great Minster House North in Victoria for a reported £99.9m.
Resi takes the lead for Jones Lang
Jones Lang LaSalle's chief Guy Grainger gave a fascinating interview to The Telegraph at the weekend, in which he revealed big plans for the residential side of the business.
Don’t Believe the Hype: Why this ain’t a housing boom
How much of this "housing bubble" is actually media-driven, asks Trevor Abrahmsohn...
As hip-hop raconteurs Public Enemy advise, "Don't Believe the Hype"
The 50 priciest property transactions of the month
The most expensive residential property to be sold in July was Number Two Holland Park, for £23.3m, according to the latest set of Price Paid stats from the Land Registry.
Henley Property Finance debuts with Surrey monster-loan
The golfer's paradise of Wentworth in Surrey is about to welcome a 20,000 square foot addition to the neighbourhood, worth between £20m-£30m.
Jones Lang LaSalle bolsters Middle East resi team
Jones Lang LaSalle has strengthened its resi capability in the Middle East with the appointment of Will McKintosh as Director.