Docklands News

River views on Wapping High Street

11th December 2015

Galliard Homes has developed what it claims is “the last river-facing warehouse conversion” in Wapping High Street, with an 1830s tea and coffee warehouse transformed into a five-storey, 31-apartment luxury development. The latest collection of properties in the Grade II listed black and glass building has just launched onto the market, all with spacious, south-facing river view reception rooms, and doors opening out onto private balconies. The Wapping Riverside project is now 70% complete, with the first buyers set to move in next February. Prices for the fully-fitted apartments, less than 15 minutes from Canary Wharf via Wapping’s Overground station, start from £1.3m for a two-bedroom apartment, and £2.5m for a three-bedroom property.

The Wharf (07/12/2015)

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Silvertown development speculation

11th December 2015

Sir Stuart Lipton plans to create the first part of an urban enclave bigger than Soho by 2018 in Silvertown Quays, next to London City Airport. His company wants to turn Millennium Mills into warehouse-style offices for 150 start-ups, with a roof-top restaurant. The development will also include up to 3,000 homes.

The Sunday Times (05/12/2015)

 

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Greenwich waterside development

11th Decewmber 2015

A twenty-seven apartment waterside development in Greenwich has just launched, courtesy of Family Mosaic. The one-, two- and three-bedroom homes at Charters Wharf, overlooking Deptford Creek, are just a five-minute walk from Greenwich town centre, and within easy distance of Canary Wharf. The buildings contain a number of structural and architectural details inspired by the area’s maritime heritage. Prices start at £385,000 for a one-bedroom apartment.

The Wharf (08/12/2015)

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Goldsmith makes homes pledge

11th December 2015

London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith has pledged to create thousands more homes in the capital and clear a logjam of held-up housing schemes. He said he would change the London Plan to shorten the time before a housing development must start on site, from three years to two, and create a "new homes challenge panel" to review stalled schemes and recommend how to unlock them. 

Evening Standard (04/12/2015)

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House prices dip 0.2% in November

11th December 2015

House prices rose by 1.4% in the past three months and by 9% at an annual rate, despite a 0.2% fall in November, according to Halifax. Martin Ellis, Halifax housing economist, said: “Solid economic growth, rising real earnings and falls in already very low mortgage rates have combined to stimulate housing demand this year,” adding: “The increasingly acute imbalance between supply and demand is causing prices to rise at a robust pace. A situation that is unlikely to reverse significantly in the short term”.

Financial Times (08/12/2015)

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Average London price now £500,000

4th December 2015

House prices in London’s suburbs have now pushed the average cost of a home in the capital through the £500,000 barrier. Many outer boroughs have seen double digit growth as first time buyers and investors seek cheaper properties outside central London. The biggest year on year rise is noted to have been 13.1% in Hillingdon, where the average price stood at £361,595 in October according to Land Registry figures.. The west London borough was followed by Enfield on 12.8% and Bexley on 12.7% growth.

Evening Standard (28/11/2015)

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