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Kensington & Chelsea adopts new planning regime
Key policy changes include a lower threshold for triggering the requirement for affordable housing, and a new stance on amalgamations in the royal borough...
Agent over-valuations ‘derail’ property sales, warns portal
Over-valued homes in London take an average of two months longer to sell than a fairly-priced comparable, says Zoopla
Behind The Schemes: A remarkable transformation on Harley Street
One of London's best-known addresses, Harley Street has been synonymous with medical excellence since the 19th century, but HNWI are beginning to consider its magnificent buildings in a new light;
‘Exceptionally large’ Knightsbridge mansion sells for £32.5m
1840s Grade II listed Italianate affair near the Iranian Embassy changes hands in one of the largest transactions of 2019 so far...
Is now the right time to buy in London?
There's been "no crash, no fire sales and no mass exodus from London", despite three years of catastrophising by "so-called 'experts'", writes Islay Robinson, CEO of global mortgage firm Enness.
Prime Dining: Uma Rajah of CapitalRise on the changing face of high-value property finance
Property lawyer & food writer Nicky Richmond talks FinTech, crowdfunding & mouthfeel with CapitalRise CEO Uma Rajah, over Celeriac Shawarma and Kombucha at ROVI in Fitzrovia.
PCL agency Tedworth recruits pair of RBKC specialists
Farleys & Chestertons alumni Robert Budge & Sophie Campbell join Christian Warman & Simon Tollit's new boutique agency
‘Land & property are under-taxed’: Influential think tank calls for ‘fundamental’ economic reforms
"Fundamental reform has happened twice before in the last century following periods of crisis," says the IPPR in a major new report "– with the Attlee government’s Keynesian reforms in the 1940s and…
50 years on: Why don’t local people have a greater say in their neighbourhoods?
There have been lots of planning policy overhauls since 1969, when the Government's Skeffington Report suggested 50 ways to get communities more involved in local property development matters.
‘Ultimate penthouse’ in Belgravia fetches over £22m
The fifth and sixth floor unit at the Foster + Partners-designed 21 Chesham Place scheme has changed hands at nearly £4k psf
In Pictures: Banda’s masterful residential revival project on Leinster Square
Edo Mapelli Mozzi's latest flagship development is tapping into Bayswater's rise to the super-prime league, delivering 15 luxury homes on one of W2's finest garden squares
Clarges Mayfair’s other ‘true’ penthouse sells for £32m
A US billionaire has picked up one of the spectacular top-floor units at British Land's super-prime scheme on the resale market, paying over £6,500 per square foot...