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West End property boom continues Chanel pays £4 million for Bond Street store 
Posted on  30-07-2010 08:16:46 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Property News Desk

Property News Desk

West End prime real estates is booming, with the news that Chanel, the luxury retail brand, has secured a flagship store on Bond Street in a record £4 million cash to rent the premises.

Chanel is believed according to reports in the FT ...


  
Mayor calls for government to "protect vital investment" in housing for London 
Posted on  10-06-2010 02:21:03 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City Hall Desk

City Hall Desk

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today called upon the new government to protect vital investment in housing as he announced that he is more than halfway towards delivering 50,000 affordable homes, a record number for Londoners, by 2012 despite challenging economic conditions.


 
Panic amongst property investors, "SELL, SELL" before Tory/Lib Dem 40 per cent hike in tax 
Posted on  20-05-2010 08:37:06 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Property News

Property News

London property investors are offloading buy-to-let properties at record levels ahead of an expected rise in capital gains tax, which could see a rise from 18 per cent to 40 per cent, with some analysts expecting the rise to reach 50%.


  
Property prices in London up 3 per cent 
Posted on  31-03-2010 12:08:57 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Property Desk

Property Desk

London property prices are rising on average by 3% according to residential property agent Haart.  While nationwide property prices are showing small shoots of recovery, London is seeing a bigger rise in values, says haart’s London Property Index.


Nationally, it ...

 
Mayor rubberstamps £4.8bn Brent Cross project but just 15% affordable housing 
Posted on  13-03-2010 01:01:33 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has rubberstamped the multi-billion pound Brent Cross regeneration project.

After the battering Johnson had taken on affordable housing, the decision to approve the scheme would have been an easy one.

However, just 15% of the 7,550 new homes will be classed as 'affordable' ...


  
Fortress America, the new US embassy castle planned for London 
Posted on  24-02-2010 11:57:43 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

New images have been unveiled of the "environmentally conscious glass cube" building designed by US architects Kieran Timberlake, for the new US embassy on Nine Elms in south London.


The building criticised by Mayor Johnson and various other groups including the ...

  
Government crackdown on £2,000 a week housing benefit 
Posted on  22-02-2010 06:43:19 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Property News Desk

Property News Desk

The Government has vowed to crackdown on excessive housing benefit payments in London, with Yvette Cooper the Work and Pensions today announcing plans to cap the practice of families renting out homes in London's most luxurious postcodes costing the taxpayer up to £2000 ...

  
Brent Cross expansion approved, “mammoth application” to become reality 
Posted on  19-11-2009 09:23:58 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

- 3 new schools planned
- 7.550 new homes
-  New office district
- Redevelopment of Brent Cross Shopping Centre


News Desk

Barnet Council approved one of the largest regeneration projects in the capital Thursday night which will see the expansion of ...

  
London "prime properties" to be snapped up by Japanese 
Posted on  09-11-2009 10:16:56 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Property Desk

Property Desk

Japanese buyers are scouring Kensington and prime areas in London to snap up bargain priced properties taking advantage of the strong Yen and the weakness of the pound.  

Japanese buyers are benefitting from a 40% drop in prices given the currency drops ...

 
US Embassy goes to Qatar government 
Posted on  03-11-2009 04:03:04 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

The US Embassy in Grosvenor Square a  Grade II listed building has been sold to the Qatari Diar company, the company which  acquired Chelsea Barracks.

"The Chancery building", in Grosvenor Square, was given a Grade II listing in October for its "modernist concrete facade", which ...


  
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