Calling first-time buyers to Telegraph Works, Greenwich: The historic transatlantic cable factory being turned into new homes July 9, 2015 A CGI of the building. Apartments from £300,000 A little-known factory that sits near the Greenwich Docks once played an instrumental role in US-UK relations. Now developers are hoping it’ll establish a new relationship between this neglected former industrial site and first-time buyers in London. Around £120m has been invested to build 272 [...]
The City needs smarter regulation – not the stability of the graveyard June 14, 2015 The City of London was firmly in the spotlight last Wednesday with the speeches given by the chancellor and governor of the Bank of England at Mansion House. Aside from the government’s sale of shares in RBS and Royal Mail, behaviour – or more specifically misbehaviour – in the City was the subject that dominated [...]
Interior designer Lisa-Marie Mosca on bringing Gatsby glamour to London in Sophia House April 23, 2015 SOPHIA HOUSE, ELLERTON ROAD, WIMBLEDON, £6.95M On a quiet private road bordering the Royal Wimbledon Golf Course, there’s a pocket of 1920s Parisian glamour. Opulent light fixtures and plush upholstery welcome prospective buyers to Sophia House, one of two six-bedroom family houses recently built by luxury developer Newcourt Residential. From the outside, it looks [...]
Dixons Carphone to sell German phone retail business to Drillisch April 15, 2015 DIXONS Carphone shares climbed two per cent yesterday after the high street giant announced it will sell its German retail phone chain to telecoms firm Drillisch. The Phone House operates 30 shops under its own brand and another 50 stores for Deutsche Telekom and generates annual sales of about €350m. Dixons Carphone did not disclose [...]
UK house prices hit new high, but growth slows to its lowest for 16 months as London feels the effects of stamp duty changes and mansion tax fears April 17, 2015 UK house price growth is at its slowest since 2013, despite the cost of buying a house hitting record highs. The capital was particularly affected, as changes in stamp duty and fears of a mansion tax hit sales. The figures According to figures from LSL property Services, March 2015 had the smallest annual rise in [...]
House of Fraser sales lifted by demand for own label brands June 25, 2014 DEPARTMENT store chain House of Fraser saw same store sales rise two per cent in the first three months of the year, as customers snapped up its own-label brands. House labels, including Linea and Kenneth Cole, jumped eight per cent in the 13 weeks to 26 April while branded and concessions sales both rose by [...]
Alarm bells sound for global growth: What does it mean for investors? November 19, 2015 The state of the world economy is spooking analysts. In October, the IMF downgraded its global growth forecast for 2015 to 3.1 per cent, from the 3.3 per cent it predicted in July. Last week, the OECD added to the gloom, trimming its 2015 forecast for world output growth to 2.9 per cent on the [...]
Acton, Earls Court, Old Oak Common and Nine Elms: These are London’s next 10 housebuilding hotspots October 7, 2015 The capital's supply of homes for sale – both new-builds and people putting their previously-loved properties on the market – continues to be pathetically low. But as the government attempts to increase the number of homes being built in the capital, parts of London are about to experience mini housebuilding revolutions. Knight Frank's Global Development Report highlights the areas where the biggest [...]
Focus on Poplar: There’s good reason it’s getting so popular, you know May 21, 2015 It hasn’t always been so popular to live in Poplar. Its postcode, E14, has held the dubious honour of being the most unequal in the UK, as its East End estates sit a stone’s throw away from the shimmering towers of Canary Wharf. It’s now best known in the nation’s mindset as the impoverished setting [...]
Bovis sees property sales boom on back of Help-to-Buy housing scheme July 8, 2014 A boom in Britain’s property market and the government’s Help-to-Buy scheme have helped to boost house buying and have led Bovis Homes to report its best-ever first half sales. The Kent-based housebuilder announced yesterday that it had completed 1,487 sales in the six months to the end of June, a massive 54 per cent increase on the [...]