Location: United Kingdom
St James buys the heart of White City
Berkeley Group's St James arm has done a deal for 10 acres of White City, buying the site from Marks & Spencer for around £100m.
PCL prices now powered by <£2m market - Knight Frank
Prime central London prices have gone up by 3.7% in the first half of this year, with June seeing a 0.4% hop, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Ground Designs: Notes on successful subterranean development
Willy Wonka once said of his eponymous Chocolate Factory; “Down here, underneath the ground, I’ve got all the space I want. There’s no limit – so long as I hollow it out.”
Millionaires’ Rows 2013: Britain’s top 20 most expensive streets, towns and areas
Every one of the top 20 most expensive streets is in London
Boles: “I am well aware that I am probably the CPRE’s least favourite government minister”
Nick Boles, the Planning Minister, has made a pretty impassioned plea to a tough crowd, begging the Campaign to Protect Rural England to give him - and some of his policies on housing - a break.
Fair Trade: Record attendance at Masterpiece
Masterpiece London's preview day ended with reports of strong sales and many happy dealers.
New Director for Marsh & Parsons Marylebone
David Ruddock has joined Marsh & Parsons as Associate Director and Sales Manager of their new Marylebone office.
Zoopla founder named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young
Alex Chesterman, the man behind Zoopla Property Group, owner of leading online property portals Zoopla.co.uk and PrimeLocation.
Fall-throughs and backlogs down to market conditions, not a lack of valuers – RICS
RICS has responded to claims that there aren't enough resi property valuers around by saying, actually, there are.
Online-only is a “complete estate agency service” – ASA
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decided that online estate agents do indeed offer a "complete estate agency service" - as claimed by hatched.co.uk but disputed by a high street rival...
New Centre Point resi plans given the nod
Almacantar and Frogmore's new-look big plans to turn Richard Seifert's Centre Point into resi have been recommended for approval by planners ahead of next week's Camden council committee meeting.
Here and There: Global buying trends in London
In the third part of Savill's World in London report, Paul Tostevin runs through who's buying up London and where they're from;