house prices

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

As if being held responsible for the downfall of the British economy and tube fare rises wasn’t enough, London’s bankers are being blamed for increasing property prices in the capital, according to a survey by estate agent Knight Frank. Don’t panic just yet though, it’s …

Joy. The chattering classes’ obsession with house prices has not been beaten to a bloody pulp by the recession, and here’s a new piece of research suggesting first time buyers in London would need a salary of over £93k to buy an “average priced property”. …

Property: London houses are apparently more affordable than they were a decade ago. Theatre: Spacey is doing a little Darwin this autumn. Planning: Boris seems keen to save our views. Crime: police have made an arrest following the fatal shooting of a man in Fulham …

Photo by Greything We’d love to have been a fly on the wall during this negotiation. Though hardly a snip at £18m, it’s a pretty big discount for ex-City bond dealer Raffaele Mincione who managed to knock a cool £22m off the asking price of …

>. There’s a new game in town: blame the recession. Firstly there’s the increase in crime… And then there’s the anticipated house price ‘explosion’ as the recession, um, recedes. Cold weather advice for those with an eye for birds (from the RSPB, of course). But …

Remember when Alistair Darling was mocked for suggesting just a few months ago that economic times were the “worst in 50 years“? Nobody’s laughing now, particularly as the bad news piles up quicker than unopened Amex bills in the mailbox of a credit-crunched City worker. …

It’s no surprise to hear the location of half of Britain’s most expensive residential streets happen to be in Kensington and Chelsea and it’s a pretty safe bet the credit crisis and falling house prices will only skim their leafy corners. But second only to …

The Cheesegrater, the Shard, the Walkie-Talkie… love them, loathe them, or merely shrug your shoulders in their general direction, our shiny new skyscrapers and bulky buildings are set to change the London skyline as they creep up over the Square Mile in the next few …

2012 Games won’t benefit locals, claims think tank Take that, Monaco – London now has the world’s priciest homes Our Amy’s up for three Ivor Novello gongs Lie detector software proves a nice little money-saver for south London council Russian heavyweights to square off at …