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In pictures: Former courthouse in Chelsea converted into £14.5m seven-bedroom luxury home
A former courthouse in Chelsea, where trials for crimes including highway robbery and drunken behaviour were held, has been converted into a £14.5m luxury home.The 18th century courthouse is located on Chelsea’s Justice Walk and is one of London’s last remaining local courthouses. Legend has it a secret underground passage below the building was used to transport the most dangerous convicts to the prison ships moored on the banks of the River Thames.
Pay £5m to live on this London street - then get the UK’s slowest broadband
There are those who think that living in the big smoke will save them from the burden of the torturously slow broadband that much the UK’s rural community has to deal with.
First-time buyers in London need a lump sum of £70,000 to get on the property ladder
A whopping £70,000 is what first-time buyers need to own a property in the capital, research from real-estate adviser, JLL, has shown.
£838 per square foot a year: Bond Street is the most expensive street in Europe
Bond Street is the most expensive street in Europe with annual rents of £838 per square foot a year, according to research by property adviser Colliers International.
Average London home to cost £700,000 in six years' time
The average London house price is expected to exceed £700,000 by 2020.
This London map shows where the cool people live
East London is the coolest part of London, according to Savills.
Asking prices shooting up 7% a MONTH in some parts of London
Asking prices are rising more than 7% a MONTH in some London boroughs.
London property advice
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’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.
London propery analysis archive
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
Sarah Beeny: My masterplan for solving the housing shortage
Sarah Beeny, Host of Property Ladder, founder of Tepilo.com and founder of MySingleFriend.com, on why going on house building binge is crazy
26 futuristic London regeneration projects
Check out the designers dreaming up amazing new ways to make London even better
Wimbledon: Home is where the court is! Six great properties with tennis courts
As Wimbledon kicks off we look at the houses serving up sport in style
