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27th May 2016
Homebuyers in London are seeking areas with good air quality as concerns grow about pollution, according to the National Association of Estate Agents. Mark Hayward, NAEA managing director, said: “Emission levels are very much on house hunters’ radars… buyers want to make sure they are investing in an area where they can bring their children up with low emissions”. He estimates that air pollution was a concern for around one in 10 house hunters.
Evening Standard (23/05/2016)
27th May 2016
New research suggests the often cited average house price of £550,000 for London is misleading: less than half of the capital’s property is at this price - and even less in prime central London locations. The key outliers were Kensington and Chelsea, where only 6% of the properties are on the market at the average price of a London home, followed by Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham with 7% and 14% respectively.
City AM (25/05/2016)
27th May 2016
Chancellor George Osborne has predicted that house prices could fall by between 10 and 18% in coming years if Britain votes to leave the EU. The Telegraph notes that if this forecast were to prove accurate, the projected value of an average house in Britain could drop by over £50,000 within two years.
The Daily Telegraph (20/05/2016)
20th May 2016
The Evening Standard looks at the spate of new, family-friendly properties sprouting up in London’s Canary Wharf and surrounding Docklands. Developments such as Galliard’s Millharbour Village, a new, 1,500 high-rise quarter, have been designed to bring a sense of community to the capital’s second financial district, while Berkeley’s South Quay Plaza, an 888-home project set around a 66-storey skyscraper, also brings a new dockside promenade and park, along shops, parks and restaurants.
Evening Standard (18/05/2016)
20th May 2016
Planners in Tower Hamlets have rejected Berkeley Homes’ proposals for South Quay Plaza Four, a 56-storey tower that would have offered 396 apartments - double the recommended density. Tower Hamlets accepted the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood Planning Forum’s argument that the area lacks the infrastructure to support such an influx of new residents.
The Wharf (17/05/2016)
20th May 2016
Richard Desmond has appointed London & Regional, the group controlled by the billionaire brothers Ian and Richard Livingstone, to secure planning consent to develop the 15-acre Westferry Printers site in London’s Docklands. Mr Desmond wants to turn the industrial site into a residential-led scheme which could include about 3,000 homes. When redeveloped the site could have a value of more than £500m.
The Times (14/04/2016)