Location: United Kingdom
Prime Property of the Week
Lateral panache in the pleasure grounds of the global elite...
Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge £16.5m
Architects’ fees fall by 40%
This is not a good time to be an architect. 68 practices have gone bust already this year, according to Architect's Journal;
Shaking the boughs of the property tree
As Lonres releases its Spring Residential Review, William Carrington urges the government to be careful of playing fast and loose with the property industry...
Confidence Blossoms in PCL: Properties are selling faster, with fewer price reductions and fall-throughs
The Lonres Spring Residential Review reports a real air of optimism blossoming through the prime central market, with a doubling in the number of new instructions unable to stifle a 9% rise in the average…
The Doer-Upper Diary: A cracking party
It's not the neighbours that are driving doer-upper Alan Page up the (party) wall in Kensington; it's the surveyors...
Austerity Auction: Greek consul’s Holland Park pile smashes guide price
A quick update on our "Austerity Auction" story from last month;
£1m boost for charity as Devon estate goes under the hammer
A leading charity has received over £1m after a Devon estate was successfully sold at auction, for £200,000 above the guide price.
Chelsea Art Fair Preview
After 17 years, the Chelsea Art Fair has had a bit of a brush up;
West End rental deals up 110% – LDG
Meanwhile, reports filtering in from one agency suggest it's been a rip-roaring start to 2013 for the West End rental market - in terms of volume anyway.
New legal giant Dentons will “challenge the status quo”
Merger creates giant of a firm with over 2,500 lawyers, including over 500 real estate specialists, in 79 locations around the world
Entries open for International Design Awards 2013
The third SBID International Design Awards, which "recognise excellence in the interior design industry," is open for business.
Phene rises as resi development plans shot down
Controversial plans to turn one of Chelsea's best-loved pubs into a super-prime home seem to have disappeared down the hatch today, as delirious reports filter in of the Phene Arms' purchase by the City…