Where could you buy a house for your salary in the UK? Use our property price calculator to find out how much real estate you can afford December 23, 2014 Click on the buttons in the top right to reveal the layers Inside every Briton is a property investor trying to get out. Our neighbours in continental Europe love to rent, but an English person’s home is his or her castle. There is just one barrier to this dream of home-ownership: house prices have risen [...]
It doesn’t get more central than The Beecham in Covent Garden November 27, 2014 Covent Garden, that stretch of meandering streets off The Strand that culminates in the famous piazza, has been through every stage of London life. It started out, as many of the City’s suburbs did, as countryside, serving as gardens for Westminster Abbey. Then came its first gentrification phase when Henry VIII seized the land [...]
Fed up with London’s insane property market? A houseboat could be the answer to your prayers January 29, 2015 Young couples faced with the daunting task of establishing a foothold on the property ladder can be forgiven for wanting to jump on a boat and sail as far as they can from the glittering circus of estate agents, sky-rocketing prices and penury caused by endless saving. Anyone who follows through with this escapist urge [...]
London owes a quarter of all housing mortgages April 8, 2014 There's more proof, if anyone still needs it, of London’s runaway dominance of the housing market out today. Data put together by the Council of Mortgage Lenders has shown the top 20 most-mortgaged postcodes are all in London, as well as the vast majority of the top 100. With a total of £649,426,811 in outstanding [...]
Sellar Property plots 27-storey residential tower next to Shard January 14, 2014 THE DEVELOPERS behind The Shard are planning to build a 27-storey, luxury residential tower next to the iconic skyscraper in London Bridge. The 160,000 square feet building, which was revealed at a public consultation yesterday, will contain around 150 apartments, as well as new public space and shops. Renzo Piano, the architect behind the Shard, [...]
Spurs plans for stadium by 2017 rest on legal bid April 2, 2014 TOTTENHAM have undertaken a major refinancing that paves the way for building of a new stadium to begin in earnest – but plans to open in 2017 are under threat from a long-running legal challenge. Spurs are waiting for the outcome of an appeal against a compulsory purchase order (CPO), issued more than two years [...]
City Moves for 09 December 2014 | Who’s switching jobs December 8, 2014 TSP The commercial property agency has announced two promotions. Jonathan Vanstone-Walker becomes director of surveying & agency. He joined TSP in 2011. Abigail Bridgland (pictured) becomes senior associate surveyor. She has been at the firm for two years. State Street Matt Davey has been appointed senior vice president and head of the asset manager client [...]
City Moves for 20 October 2014 | Who’s switching jobs October 19, 2014 Secure Trust Bank The bank, a subsidiary of Arbuthnot Banking Group, has appointed Neil Clinton as regional sales director. He joins from Barclays, where he was head of its UK large corporate asset based lending team. Clinton has over 30 years’ experience in banking and invoice finance. Investec Wealth & Investment The wealth management firm [...]
Brookfield launches principal stand in city September 17, 2014 BROOKFIELD Property Partners yesterday put on the market to UK buyers flats in its 50-storey residential development on the fringe of the City. Principal Tower is part of a larger mix-used scheme at Principal Place, including a 15-storey office block that has been partly pre-let to Amazon.
Mysterious Pears dynasty backs new venture to build £1bn of London homes March 27, 2014 One of the biggest and most private landlords in London and the South East has thrown its weight behind a £200m joint venture that aims to build £1bn of new homes in central London over the next five years. The Pears family, which owns the Coutts bank building on London’s Strand and the Coronet theatre [...]