Residential property & London house prices
Residential property news
London’s Battersea Power Station bags $1bn in property sales
Battersea Power Station has secured a whopping $1bn (£680m) worth of sales since January, developers said today.
The Apprentice contestants' £9.6m Holborn pad revealed
Source: ZooplaThe Apprentice House 2013 in Holborn is the most expensive house used ...
London residential property advice
How much of London Qatar REALLY owns - in pictures
Harrods and The Shard were just the beginning for the mega-rich emirate…
Check out these ONE-BEDROOM London flats on sale for UP TO £7m
The mind-boggling reality of London property prices
Shocking: Four dictators with London homes
We love being the playground of the international elite, but have we gone too far?
London's weirdest home? Water Tower converted into £6.5m pad
If it’s a home with a history you’re after then you should dive in and buy this nine-storey Kennington property.
London residential property advice archive
Should London’s flirtation with luxury new builds become your love affair?
They don’t appreciate as quickly as period houses but the market is mad for them!
Investing in Ealing property: From riot-stricken to West London chic
How London got its latest property hot spot
London’s billionaire basement mania: luxury living or living hell?
Why are London’s richest on a digging spree?
Buying London property? 7 unlikely signs an area is on the up
From warehouse parties to closing pubs…
Becktastic! David and Victoria move into £20m London pad
It’s an ultra-luxury South London rental pad for the Beck-pack!
Have cash to splash? Take a look at London's £30m+ homes on sale
Which one of these posh pads would you like to buy?
Revealed: The stunning views of London from the top of the Shard
We take a tour of London’s tallest skyscraper
Top 10 property apps to find your dream home
From renting villas in France to investing in a hot property, take a look at the apps that would get you your dream home at the touch of a button
Exclusive: Why London's prime property market is in gridlock
Sales of luxury London homes down 50% as Osborne gears to unveil further tax reforms
UK house prices - gloom or growth ahead? Video
UK house prices have just dropped for the fourth month in a row. There’s no question the property market has been struggling to stay above water for the past five years. But the big question is: what is the longer-term forecast: gloom or growth? Or is a sluggish recovery the best we can hope for? Does property still stack up as an investment in this climate?
The mystery of Ed Balls' plan for 100,000 new houses
Can the shadow chancellor really fund these houses using the 4G cash?
An empty houses scandal in London? Balderdash
Why scaremongering about an empty homes crisis in London is rather like the Essex Lion scare
The new skyscrapers set to tower over London
The Shard and Cheesegrater are so passé. Check out the London skyline of the future
Your five step guide to buying property in the UK
Buying a home is never a simple process, understanding some of the basics of UK property buying systems will help to make the process easier
Hitting the big 5-0? Forget the party, time to get cheaper home insurance
No one likes the thought of growing old. But what we often forget is the many benefits of having a few more miles on the clock. Bagging a cheaper home insurance deal is just one of the many silver linings.
Free e-guide: Buying & investing in London property 2012
Discover hot new areas, make yourself more attractive to mortgage lenders, shorten the chain
One Hyde Park: failure or fortune-maker?
One in four of the apartments lies empty. Can One Hyde Park really be called a good investment?
Confessions of an Estate Agent
Over the next few days we will be publishing exclusive extracts from Confessions of an Estate Agent by Rosalind Russell. Short, snappy and hilarious, these excerpts collated by Russell are guaranteed to brighten your day. You’ll never look at estate agents in quite the same way againWednesday, 2 May
Psst... Look at these London homes on sale for £30m+
Got some serious multimillions burning a hole in your bank account and looking for a new crash pad? Laugh in the face of stamp duty with these uber-luxurious homes, on the London property market this week
Postcode en Vogue: Could Bermondsey float your investment boat?
An area once dominated by council estates and disused warehouses is now home to galleries, trendy eateries and Europe’s tallest skyscraper - is it time to invest?
Mead on property: West London is losing its cool
Our property writer bemoans west London’s “image uplift” and the increasing loss of Chelsea’s edge
Mead on property: How the net sucked the soul out of home buying
Does the internet serve buyers well? And has it pushed down standards amongst estate agents?
Mead on property: Want to live in central London? Get ready for your loaded landowner to rip you off
If you want to live in central London, the chances are you’ll be living in a building where the freehold is owned by one of the major landowners – the Howard de Walden Estate, the Duke of Westminster, Lord Cadogan et al.
War of the houses – Ken and Boris go head to head on renting
Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson unveil new strategies
The untold story of squats: gentrification and regeneration
Should squatting be a criminal offence or can it have a positive impact?
A nation of landlords?
Britain may be nation of shopkeepers, but London prefers the buy-to-let market
Can't get the staff these days
If cash isn’t found to build affordable homes in the capital, fed-up commuters will seek work closer to home
