Docklands News

Berkeley wins planning permission for News International site

17th January 2014

Berkeley Homes subsidiary St George has been granted planning permission for a proposal to build up to 1,800 homes on the former News International site in Wapping.

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House prices up 5.4% in a year

17th January 2014

Figures published this week by the Office for National Statistics show the average house price paid by first-time buyers rose by 6.4% in the year to November.

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Banks not lending on new-build under H2B

17th January 2014

The Financial Times reports that a number of high-street lenders are not offering loans for new-build properties through the mortgage guarantee part of Help to Buy.

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Follow the artists

17th January 2014

The Sunday Telegraph's Caroline McGhie says that for the property investor, in times of change, it is often sensible to look at where colonies of artists appear as gentrification often follows.

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Greenland Group makes forays into London

10th January 2014

Chinese state-owned property developer Greenland Group has made a £1.2bn swoop on two major London developments: one at the Ram Brewery in Wandsworth and the other on a 98,000 sq m site at Canary Wharf.

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Resurgent Wapping

10th January 2014

Wapping – the number one address for Docklands living, but left behind when the Square Mile began to reform itself a few miles east in Canary Wharf – looks likely to thrive again in the near future.

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