Location: United Kingdom
Sleeping Giants: British buyers awake at last
British buyers lay the market's foundations and provide a bellwether for which areas will continue to be popular - and they've started buying again, says James Bailey...
Right to Light: Industry Reaction
This week's proposals to overhaul historic right to light laws - cases can be traced back to 1611 - have set architects, developers and lawyers against property advisors and conservationists.
Prime London house prices up again; country house and rental markets still falling – Knight Frank
Another rise in prime central London prices last month (0.4%) has contributed to a significant 8.1% year-on-year increase, according to Knight Frank today.
Wealth of Nations: A field guide to global prime property
PrimeResi goes on a very grand tour of the world's prime property markets with Knight Frank's Global Head of Residential Andrew Hay...
Sorting out the Bugger’s Muddle: Tricky, risky, but it’s cheap
Buying Agent turned developer Alan Page's quest for an honest profit has got complicated as he takes a punt on a short lease wreck in W8...
Clegg: Mansion tax could be a death duty
Nick Clegg has mooted more ideas about how his mansion tax might work in practice, suggesting that it exemptions could be made for homeowners who have lived in a property for a long time, and/or that taxes…
Decision looms on Abramovich’s £100m Cheyne Walk blueprint
It sounds as though Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is about to have his wishes granted by Kensington and Chelsea Council.
Abrahmsohn Part II: The Politics of Envy
Mansion Tax, Wealth Tax, Jewellery Tax, Window Tax…this feeding frenzy will eat us all up, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
High life: Skyroom to become residential
David Kohn’s Skyroom, the events venue built in 2010 on top of the Architecture Foundation’s offices on Tooley Street, is set to become a residential apartment.
Bridgebank Capital adds to senior management team
Manchester-based short term property lender Bridgebank Capital has appointment Lesley Gibbons in a new senior management role, as Company Accountant.
Who Lives in Mayfair?
There are only 24 residential units under construction in Mayfair at the moment, according to a smashing briefing from Wetherell.
The report, called "Who Lives in Mayfair?
A Bugger’s Muddle: The Doer-Upper’s £8,000 road block
There's a hint of frustration in the latest installment from Doer-Upper Alan Page, in which things don't quite go to plan...