Property

Havering warns it may need an £18m contingency after early £1m shortfall

Cash‑strapped Havering Council is already forecasting a budget overspend for the current financial y...

Property category • 2025-08-15 13:27

Spiral stair “unlocks” cramped Georgian home for chef Andrew Wong

A sweeping spiral staircase now threads through a reconfigured Georgian townhouse in west London, fo...

Property category • 2025-08-15 13:23

KPF and Berkeley propose retrofit of Oxford Circus tower with new seven‑storey Oxford Street podium

Berkeley Estate Asset Management has lodged proposals, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), to compr...

Property category • 2025-08-15 13:22

Coalition U‑turn over tuition fees left a generational scar and rising debts

For a generation of students and their parents the coalition years left a political scar that has no...

Property category • 2025-08-15 13:22

Savills warns Budget uncertainty and Q2 sales slump have dented UK transaction activity

Savills has told investors that a slump in secondary residential sales and nervousness ahead of the ...

Property category • 2025-08-14 13:18

RICS survey shows UK housing market tilting back towards price falls with sharp regional splits

The latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the UK housing market is ...

Property category • 2025-08-14 13:08

Approved student flats could offset more than 10,500 homes as PBSA approvals surge in London

London’s pipeline of purpose‑built student accommodation (PBSA) has received a timely boost, with a ...

Property category • 2025-08-14 13:08

UAL leans on international fees and start‑ups as it expands online and pre‑degree offer

The University of the Arts London presents itself as a distinctive creative cluster: six specialist ...

Property category • 2025-08-14 13:04

Hackney uses HMRC data to recover seven council homes in wider tenancy fraud push

According to the original report, Hackney Council has seized seven council homes after an investigat...

Property category • 2025-08-14 13:03

Lifestyle writer swaps Shepherd’s Bush chaos for Surbiton calm — and refuses the 'boring' verdict

When Alice Giddings, a 25‑year‑old lifestyle writer, left a tiny flat in Shepherd’s Bush for a spaci...

Property category • 2025-08-14 05:03

Police urge Redbridge to refuse alcohol licence for Ilford venue over unlawful shisha use

The Metropolitan Police urged Redbridge councillors to refuse an application from Brothers Lounge to...

Property category • 2025-08-14 05:02

Khan warned London will miss affordable homes target as starts stall

Sadiq Khan has been warned that London’s housing crisis is “more severe with every passing day” afte...

Property category • 2025-08-14 05:02

Foxtons flags rising London new‑home sales as mortgage rules and guarantees ease access

Foxtons says it recorded a 16.5% rise in London new‑homes sales volumes in the first half of 2025 co...

Property category • 2025-08-13 13:38

Network Rail seeks to strip hundreds of adverts from Liverpool Street to reveal Victorian fabric and calm crowds

Network Rail has asked planners’ permission to strip back the sea of posters and billboards that cur...

Property category • 2025-08-13 13:37

Mayor greenlights 844‑home 'mansion‑block' on disused Mill Hill retail park after redesign

The controversial redevelopment of the long‑vacant Pentavia Retail Park in Mill Hill has been grante...

Property category • 2025-08-13 13:35

Suburban intensification in Sanderstead sparks dispute after seven‑house infill replaces garden plot

No 158 Purley Downs Road is a compact example of suburban intensification: a single-family plot in S...

Property category • 2025-08-13 08:43

Parents paying up to £45,000 more to buy into ‘good’ state school catchments after VAT on fees

Parents are increasingly prepared to pay substantial sums to secure a place for their children in a ...

Property category • 2025-08-13 03:18

DSDHA scheme turns fortress‑like Hatton Garden office into low‑carbon, jewellery‑friendly workplace

According to the original report, DSDHA has won planning approval to overhaul and extend the commerc...

Property category • 2025-08-12 17:16

IKEA and offices move into refurbished Topshop at Oxford Circus after £378m sale

BDP has released images showing the completed refurbishment of the former Topshop flagship at Oxford...

Property category • 2025-08-12 17:15

Middlesex in talks with investors to build Uxbridge hub while largely staying at Lord’s

Middlesex County Cricket Club is in advanced talks with two international investment groups over a f...