Friday Essay: Why today’s tall buildings will be tomorrow’s city heritage
By 2040, the new buildings of the 1990s and 2000s will become accepted, indeed iconic, parts of the identity of our cities, argues former RICS President Amanda Clack...
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Required Reading: Changes to the planning regime for high rise residential buildings due this summer
Developers may have to submit a fire statement alongside a planning application for relevant multi-occupied residential buildings from 1 August 2021, write Fiona Bishop & Rebecca Delaney of Macfarlanes.
Mega Digs: Exploring London’s elite ‘basement belt’
London has seen "a normalisation of single-storey basements as the 21st-century version of the loft conversion," says Professor Burrows in a new study of the capital's "luxified troglodytism".
Historic building heavyweights call for planning reform to enable sustainability
"Sustainability and heritage protection should go hand in hand" says the National Trust in a new report led by Grosvenor.
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Savills completes £170mn townhouse run at Chelsea Barracks
Contracts exchanged on £40mn Banda-designed residence, rounding out sales at Mulberry Square.
‘The penny has dropped’: London’s supply of supersized apartments is drying up
‘Signs of urgency’ emerge around the capital’s top schemes as new figures reveal how Westminster’s size limit is reshaping the super-prime landscape.
‘New strategy’ drawn up for 15,000 sq ft Belgravia trophy
Three-building spread could be transformed into one of PCL’s most valuable private residences.
Super-prime Kensington development launch draws over 150 agents
In Pictures: London’s prime property crowd gets first look inside REDD’s newly completed One Palace Green.
US brokerage giant launches global division for cross-border property deals
Compass rolls into international markets including the UK with new agent network.
Picky buyers & patchwork performance: The state of Prime Central London in 2026
Fresh data and charts reveal differing fortunes across the capital’s luxury property heartlands - and offer some pointers as to what happens next.
‘There are quiet Augusts and then there are quiet Augusts’: Prime London sales hit 18-year low
Latest LonRes numbers point to a particularly slow summer for prime London - but there are signs of life at the top end.
Agency reports biggest month for country house exchanges since 2022
After a dry few years, Strutt & Parker heralds 'a return of confidence in decision making for both buyers and sellers.'
Social Circuit: LA London toasts 45 years at end-of-summer party
More than 200 property and design names gathered on the architect’s London Bridge rooftop for its annual industry bash.
£18mn Hampshire estate comes with its own indoor riding school
Agency brings recently-built 12,615 sq ft mansion in 152 acres to market.
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London super-prime sales haul jumps 72% despite global slowdown
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Domestic buyers drive flurry of £5mn-plus deals in Kensington
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My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Hamptons’ Canan Wood
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
Moveli nears 100-broker mark with latest Savills recruit
Another well-known regional agent makes switch to self-employed broker model.