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17th February 2017
Newspaper and magazine tycoon Richard Desmond has kicked off the £1bn transformation of the former Westferry printworks, setting in motion the creation of a “new town” next to Canary Wharf. Mr Desmond, the owner of the Daily Express and Daily Star newspaper titles and the OK!, new! and Star magazines, was present for the demolition of the 15-acre site, which will eventually host 722 homes, two parks, a waterfront promenade on the Millwall Outer Dock, a healthcare centre and a 1,200-space secondary school as well as shops, bars and restaurants. Northern & Shell won planning permission for the project last August, following objections to its lack of affordable housing, and a row with a local sailing club.
Evening Standard (13/02/2017)
17th February 2017
East Thames Housing Association has put 35 new shared ownership properties at Stratford Broadway on sale. Residents in the development, just 10 minutes from Canary Wharf on the Jubilee Line and DLR, have access to a private gym and communal roof-top terrace. Prices start at £112,500 for a 30% share in a one-bedroom apartment, each of which comes with a fully-fitted kitchen.
The Wharf (15/02/2017)
17th February 2017
House prices rose by £15,000 on average last year, according to a report produced jointly by the Office for National Statistics with other agencies. The main contribution to the increase in UK house price growth came from England, where house prices rose by 7.7% over the year to December, taking the average price in England to £236,000. Wales saw house prices increase by 4.7% over the year to stand at £148,000.. In Scotland, the average price increased by 3.5% over the year to stand at £142,000, while in Northern Ireland the average house price was £125,000, an increase of 5.7% over the previous year. The typical UK property value was £220,000 in December, said the report
The Independent (14/02/2017)
17th February 2017
Single buyers earning an average London wage will spend anything from five to 68 years saving for a deposit, according to a new report. It compares average house prices and wages for every London borough, and found that in Kensington & Chelsea, it would take 68 years to save for a deposit, as wages average £38,000 and homes sell for an average of £1.3m. Barking and Dagenham comes in at London's most affordable borough, where prices average £289,000 and the typical wage is £28,000.
Evening Standard (14/02/2017)
10th February 2017
Creekside, a formerly derelict piece of land between Deptford and Greenwich, has undergone something of a renaissance in recent years, epitomised by The Gramercy, at Creek Road – a new scheme of flats and town houses, minutes away from the Cutty Sark, Greenwich Market, and the National Maritime Museum. Boasting a fast-improving high street, the area enjoys speedy transport links, being just six minutes from London Bridge on the train, and an even shorter distance to Docklands via the local DLR station. Prices start at £630,000 for a two-bedroom apartment.
Evening Standard (07/02/2017)
10th February 2017
New home registrations in London dropped by a third last year following a decline in building following stamp duty reforms and the Brexit vote. The number of registrations dropped from 25,760 in 2015 to 17,322, according to figures from the National House Building Council. In the UK as a whole, the total number of new registrations fell by 2%, from 155,504 to 151,687. However, excluding London, the number of registrations rose from 129,744 to 134,365; registrations were up in seven out of the 12 regions analysed. NHBC business development director Mark Jones said: "Taking into account the extraordinary events of 2016, the UK housebuilding sector has remained resilient”.
City AM (03/02/2017)