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London's Gherkin skycraper on the market for £650m
London’s Gherkin skyscraper is in a bit of a pickle. The 41-storey tower is up for sale for £650m as its owners, German property investors IVG Immobilien and Mayfair investment bank Evans Randall, failed to finalise a restructuring deal.
Crazy cost of London living: you pay TWICE as much rent as rest of UK
The London property market has escalated to new heights of ridiculousness, as new research reveals that residential rent in the capital is twice as expensive as in the rest of the UK.
Parking mad! Three parking spaces in Mayfair on the market for £255,000
If you’re a billionaire/millionaire fretting over the lack of parking spaces for your Bentley/Ferrari/Aston Martin in central London, then look no further.
Lord Sugar just bought this Tech City building for £23m
Lord Sugar has now become landlord of a building in Tech City.
These figures show how young people are being priced out of the housing marketVideo
The number of young people buying houses in the UK fell to a record low of 3% of sales in June.Video:
The Shard makes the shortlist, but what are the greatest new buildings in the UK?
All Londoners have an opinion on the Shard. The 87-storey Qatari owned skyscraper on the Southbank has become a dominating aspect of the London Skyline, and is now among several British buildings in contention for a major architecture prize.
London property advice
Who will buy the Gherkin? We take a look at 5 potential buyers
The Gherkin ain’t workin’, as we told you this morning.
Jonathan Rosenblatt: London’s tech boom is changing attitudes towards commercial property
The Headspace Group MD on whether the property market can cater to start-ups’ needs
Alessio Rastani: 3 troubling charts for real estate investors
Is now the right time to invest in property?
Shruti Tripathi: 5 reasons prime central London property is on the decline
For years prime central London property has been likened to gold dust attracting rich tycoons with gazillions buying up property in Mayfair, Belgravia, Chelsea and Kensington.
Shruti Tripathi: Why selling British passports for £2.5m is a terrible idea
Is it fair that you can just pay a couple of millions to buy a British asset?
London propery analysis archive
London’s most overpriced miniscule spaces that cost over £100,000
Found any more? Tweet me @shrutitripathi6
Video: Inside Richard Branson’s $182,000-a-week Verbier ski lodgeVideo
You’re probably just as accustomed as I am to having four chefs, a 24-hour chauffeur and a spa therapist at your complete disposal, so I’m sure you’ll join me in saying a big fat “pretty average holiday” to Richard Branson’s Verbier ski lodge.
Alessio Rastani: A 10% fall in London house prices starts now
From the man who told the BBC that “Goldman Sachs rules the world”…
Buying property with your partner? Read this advice on cohabitation and property first
Marilyn Stowe, Senior Partner, Stowe Family Law, explains all
Forget Oxford Street. Meet the next generation of hot London shopping streets
The new London high streets set to entice the style-savvy and property-prolific
Where to buy property in London in 2013 and 2014 Video
Forget your postcode prejudices and invest in these up and coming London hotspots
Justin Urquhart Stewart: Don’t worry about a housing bubble – it’s “Help to Buy” you should fear
The founder of Seven Investment Management says we shouldn’t rush to push RBS to the market
Michael Cassidy: Have you heard about London's new hotspot? Meet the Northern Arc
The former City of London Corporation planning chairman shares his secrets about London’s evolution
Infographic: Where NOT to buy property in London
Check out NatWest’s London Borough Comparison Tool to see which boroughs are most expensive to live in and which have seen a drop in prices
James Max: Believe in the living wage? Then get rid of social housing
Companies should shoulder the responsibility of affordable living, argues our controversial columnist
Naomi Heaton: Stop being gloomy. We should not be wishing away a UK housing recovery
London Central Portfolio Limited founder’s inaugural column about why Vince Cable and the doomsayers have got it wrong
Silicon Roundabout is dying. Meet London’s new tech hotspots
Rising rents and multinationals are squeezing out the start-ups that made EC1 what it was. So where’s next?
Welcome to the Hard Rock Hotel! Iconic café mulls plans for London hotel and casino venture
The Hard Rock Café in Piccadilly is on the prowl for a new luxury location to house its desired expansion into the hotel trade, it was reported today.
Twitter talk: Londoners' takes on the Walkie Scorchie
Bringing you some of the funniest tweets about the Fenchurch death ray
Flying high: Welcome to London's hottest residential high-rises
From Shoreditch to Croydon, London’s skyline is changing fast
Forget One Hyde Park! Check out London's £35m+ luxury homes on sale
Could one of these be your next home?
And the award goes to... London's ugliest new buildings named and shamed
Every year the ugliest new UK buildings get named and shamed in the Carbuncle Cup prize, and this year is no different.
Exodus to Zone 3: why young Londoners are ditching central London
Young professionals are moving outwards and creating demand for cheap homes
