Focus on Wimbledon property: A game of two halves in SW19 June 25, 2015 The world’s eyes will make their annual pilgrimage to Wimbledon on Monday, where they’ll spend several hours swivelling backwards and forwards watching the greatest tennis tournament on earth. While this leafy corner of south west London is primarily known for racquet sports, the rest of the year it’s one of the fastest-growing local property markets [...]
High season at Ten Trinity Square: Architect Suzette Vela Burkett on restoring a grand Tower Hill landmark April 23, 2015 One of the city’s finest buildings, Ten Trinity Square, is set to re-open at the end of 2016 as a Four Seasons Hotel, with luxury residences on top. It was opened by Prime Minister David Lloyd George in 1922 as the Port of London Authority and it took 11 years to build. It also hosted [...]
London developer Galliard hires finance guru, sparking float talk February 22, 2015 GALLIARD Homes, London’s largest privately owned residential developer, has bolstered its board by hiring industry veteran Paul Huberman as a non-executive director, prompting speculation that a float may be on the cards. Huberman has over 27 years of property and finance experience and was previously finance director at Grantchester Holdings and Asda Property Holdings. He [...]
The best warehouse living: Why these factories are the place to be March 26, 2015 As residential values in London have sky-rocketed, more disused commercial buildings are being converted into homes. A few years ago, it would have been unheard of for apartments to be more profitable than office space but there are a few boroughs in London where this is increasingly the case. And there are no spaces more [...]
Europe’s recovery and stamp duty reform lifts Savills March 19, 2015 LONDON-listed property adviser Savills said revenues jumped 19 per cent to £1.1bn last year thanks to record sales in the UK and recovering market conditions in continental Europe. The government’s overhaul of stamp duty thresholds triggered a surge in the sale of expensive homes at the end of last year and prompting Savills to hike [...]
Tender process opened to develop Transport for London’s properties February 6, 2015 Property developers are being invited to tender bids for partnerships on more than 50 sites across London as part of Transport for London's plans to turn property tycoon. The transport body revealed last month it was planning to develop 10m sq ft of the 200m sq ft land it owns across the capital as part [...]
Leaving London: Is moving out of the Big Smoke good value for money? The pros and cons June 11, 2015 With London homes so expensive, more people than ever are thinking of escaping to the country. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? We’ve teamed up with the help of property agent Savills to challenge the assumption that you’ll get better value for your money buying outside the capital. For some, the [...]
Focus on Hammersmith: The town where prices have grown by half February 26, 2015 When it comes to neighbours, Hammersmith has struck lucky. There can’t be another location in London that’s surrounded by such a cluster of affluent residential neighbourhoods. With Kensington to the east, Chiswick to the west, Fulham to the south and Shepherd’s Bush to the north, it’s a wonder this area is still known primarily as [...]
General Election 2015: How Tony Blair presided over the biggest rise in UK house prices in history April 22, 2015 There's no easy way to say this, but Tony Blair, rather than the likes of Margaret Thatcher or David Cameron, was the Prime Minister who presided over the highest-ever rise in property prices, it turns out. Research from Knight Frank suggests house prices rose a staggering 211.3 per cent during Blair's premiership – higher than [...]
Crossrail boosts property values by 57pc near London stations March 18, 2015 HOUSE prices within a 10-minute walk of Bond Street station have soared by 82 per cent since Crossrail was first announced in 2008, a report released yesterday showed. That’s almost twice the 43 per cent rise recorded in the wider area. Crossrail, which is due to open in 2018, has spurred new developments from Reading [...]