Central London shrugs off Lehman legacy
The collapse of Lehman Brothers, five years ago this weekend, had an immediate impact on a UK property market already reeling from the failure of Northern Rock a year earlier. By Tanya Powley
We're influential.
International Herald Tribune
$73 Million Penthouse With Views of Big Ben
The location of the penthouse apartment is one of London’s most desirable says Nicola Venning
South China Morning Post
Hong Kong investors snap up older properties in London hotspots
Wealthy Hongkongers are among those buying to renovate and rent, or sell on to other Asians. by Richard Warren
On the scent of a secret hideaway home
Secret homes with lush gardens lurk in city centres, says Lauren Thompson.
Yours Faithfully
Demand is growing for high-end homes built or adapted to meet the religious needs of their owners. By Graham Norwood.
Royal Ascent
London’s historic St James’s quarter is ripe for investment, reports Lucy Warwick-Ching
Estates Gazette
Shssh… There’s a property for sale
Off-market property sales are on the rise, but is the chase for privacy, exclusivity and mystique costing buyers thousands of pounds? Graham Norwood reports…
Top-end locations like prime central London there is a phenomenon spoken about in hushed terms and seen rarely in the rest of the country: it is the ‘off-market’ property.
Business life
On The Up and Up
How can we tell that an area is on the cusp of becoming the next fashionable location? Alexander Garrett looks at a few of the telltale signs.
It’s the question every would-be property investor would like answered: how do you know when an area is genuinely on the way up, and not just being talked up by the local estate agents?
Prime property trends: South East Asian buyers
Demand for resi new-build is sky high and rising. CBRE revealed earlier today that the volume of such sales above £1,000 per square foot leapt by a whopping 240% over the last year and it’s been well-documented that South East Asian buyers have increasingly become a dominant force behind similarly remarkable figures, even shaping the way in which developers develop their schemes and marketeers market them.
Battersea Power Station flats snapped up
Investors have rushed in to reserve luxury homes planned for the revamped Battersea Power Station, with 600 of the 800 properties already claimed after just five days on the market.
The buyers are the first to advance on the redevelopment of south-west London’s iconic behemoth where the price tag per square foot exceeds £1,000.
Why are so many Chinese HNWs moving to the UK?
The UK is experiencing a sharp increase in the number of HNWs making the move from Eastern countries, particularly China. Chloe Barrow finds out why AS UNATTRACTIVE AS living in the UK may be — the faltering economy, the unpredictable weather, sky-high living costs and seemingly hefty income tax — there is no denying its global popularity as a homemaking destination.
