by Necco | Jun 24, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
One of the most striking features of the UK’s housing market recovery is what is happening in London. While other regions slumped in the aftermath of the financial crisis, London prices kept going up. That price growth is now accelerating amid the strengthening... by Necco | Jun 24, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
A whopping £154bn is needed over the next ten years to meet private new housing demand in London, according to the estate agent Knight Frank’s new housing supply report. The report highlights that despite an increase in development activity in the residential... by Necco | Jun 24, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
Residential property prices in the City are rapidly rising to match some of London’s most expensive areas, and could catch up with the costliest parts of the West End in just five years’ time. Typical house and flat prices in the City were 60 per cent lower than their... by Necco | Jun 13, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
The planning permission process is a brick wall blocking housebuilders from addressing the UK supply crisis, says industry body There are 150,000 potential new homes stuck in the planning permission pipeline, according to new figures from the Home Builder’s... by Necco | Jun 12, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
London does urban regeneration rather well. Covent Garden, the South Bank and King’s Cross are prime examples of how rundown, redundant areas have been transformed into very different but equally dynamic districts. Now it’s the turn of Nine Elms, until recently a... by Necco | Jun 12, 2014 | news, Uncategorized
The number of Brits buying properties worth over £10m has soared over the past year and now account for more than half of the market as the economic recovery gathers pace. British buyers of super-prime homes have risen from 36 per cent in 2013 to 53 per cent since the...