Property Investment News
London’s Red Squares: Exploring the capital’s hotspots for HNW Russian property buyers
"An attraction of the UK as a whole for Russian buyers was that they felt their assets were safe here," says estate agency boss Mark Pollack.
Vatican seals Sloane Ave sale after fielding 16 bids
A landmark Chelsea block once earmarked for luxury residential conversion has been sold by the scandal-hit Vatican.
CapitalRise backs 23-apartment Gloucester Road scheme
"High calibre borrower" secures £8.3m to finance the development of a Victorian townhouse in South Kensington.
In Pictures: GII secures £82m for Lucan Place luxury resi scheme
The KPF-designed development of the former Chelsea Police Station is now due to complete in early 2024.
Build-to-rent investment tops £4bn
Institutional investment in purpose-built rental homes jumped by 19% last year, while deal volumes leapt by a third.
Prime London is ‘returning towards a pre-pandemic rental market’
London Central Portfolio saw an 11% jump in agreed rents on new tenancies in Q4 2021, "correcting the deep discounts that were granted during the same period in 2020".
MARK teams up with SevenCapital to build RBKC’s tallest tower
Birmingham-based SevenCapital has made its second big play in London in seven months, taking over from Londonewcastle as MARK's JV partner at 100 West Cromwell Road - with plans to build the tallest tower…
Planning nod for Heaton’s ‘Other House’ project in Covent Garden
Designs for The Other House Covent Garden - a JV between London Central Portfolio and APG - have been drawn up by architects Falconer Chester Hall and interior designers Bergman Design House.
Real estate in the metaverse is booming; is it really such a crazy idea?
Gaming is starting to overlap with real life, explains Theo Tzanidis - but is the virtual real estate boom the next great thing or the next big bubble?
Watch: Hollinrake proposes a new wealth tax on non-resident property owners
MP and former estate agency boss Kevin Hollinrake has outlined a series of proposals to make Britain's housing market more fair and equitable - including a new wealth tax on overseas buyers of UK property.
Savills adds Operational Capital Markets director
Ed Crockett has joined Savills from abrdn, where he was head of UK Residential Investment.
Investors pump record amounts into UK build-to-rent projects
14% more capital was invested into the UK's build-to-rent sector last year than in any other year.