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North East Land Registry Pricing Map

2013-05-24T15:29:01Z

Here is a selection of developments in the North East which have Land Registry pricing that's comparable with asking prices obtained by London Residential Research.

Click on the dots for scheme location and to see how much the average selling price was below or above the average asking price (% diff).

Barking & Dagenham Land Registry Pricing

2013-05-24T12:49:03Z

Here is a selection of developments in Barking & Dagenham which have Land Registry pricing that's comparable with asking prices obtained by London Residential Research.

Click on the dots for scheme location and to see how much the average selling price was below or above the average asking price (% diff).

Westminster Land Registry Pricing Map

2013-05-24T12:25:50Z

Here is a selection of developments in Westminster which have Land Registry pricing that's comparable with asking prices obtained by London Residential Research.

Click on the dots for scheme location and to see how much the average selling price was below or above the average asking price (% diff).

Putney Redevelopment

2013-05-24T09:39:58Z

A planning application has been submitted to Wandsworth council by Barratt Homes for a large residential scheme in Putney. The redevelopment site is to the rear of the Grade II listed ARK Academy.The school building is currently in a state of disrepair, with Wandsworth council concluding that the only viable option to to address the shortfall in funding for the necessary works to the School is to sell the Academy's existing surplus land for redevelopment. The scheme proposes 160 residential units all for market sale. These will be made up of 129 flats and 41 town houses. Car and cycle spaces will also be provided on the site. The planning consultant is Barton Willmore, see here for the planning statement and here for the planning application.

Renders courtsey of Barton Willmore 2013

Hackney Land Registry Pricing Map

2013-05-24T09:08:13Z

Here is a selection of developments in Hackney which have Land Registry pricing that's comparable with asking prices obtained by London Residential Research.

Click on the dots for scheme location and to see how much the average selling price was below or above the average asking price (% diff).

Large-scale housing

2013-05-24T07:59:01Z

New housing development in China, comprising over 1,000 homes.

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Pictures:China Foto Press/Barcroft Medi/chinadaily.com

City Road Scheme Submitted

2013-05-20T11:06:07Z

A new hybrid planning application has been submitted by Berkeley Homes to Islington Council for a large mixed use scheme on City Road near Old Street. The development will compromise 4 new buildings ranging 7-9 storeys including two towers of up to 36/42 storeys. The full application will see the development of 975 residential units (649 for market sale and 326 social units), retail space, a data centre and a crèche. The development will also provide 6,260 sq m of office space. The outline application compromises a hotel development providing between 150-190 hotel rooms. The scheme will also provide on site car and cycle spaces. Gerald Eve is acting as the agent. The planning application can be found here. For more information on the development see Berkeley Homes website.

Renders courtesy of Berkeley Homes 2013

Plans for residential scheme in Stamford Hill.

2013-05-16T16:09:09Z

A planning application has been lodged to Hackney Council for a residential scheme in Stamford Hill, N16 . The development will compromise 75 residential units, 35 for private sale and 40 for intermediate social rent, as well as retail and community space. The developer is Agudas Israel Housing Association and the planning consultant is Drawing and Planning Ltd. The planning application can be found here.

Images courtesy of Drawing and Planning 2013

LOREMA - London Residential Market Analysis

2013-05-16T10:50:01Z

Have I mentioned that our annual report, London Residential Market Analysis (LOREMA) is now out in a digital version, and it's FREE? At the risk of overkill, here's the Breakfast presentation we gave to launch the report yesterday. Thank you to all who attended and for the very encouraging feedback, much appreciated. But if you weren't there here's a taster:

Want to see the whole lot? Including one map with 3,000 interactive dots, each one a possible development opportunity, each one with full development history, location, key-players, S106 details etc? Click here, fill in the form and we'll send it right to your desktop.

LOREMA - London Residential Market Analysis

2013-05-16T10:31:07Z

The heat map below shows the average £psf values of schemes currently selling in London:

This is what we say about it in the LOREMA report:

As we have seen there is a very clear dichotomy between construction starts in the inner and outer boroughs. We have stated that the main reason is the different drivers of each market, debt in the outer boroughs, equity in the inner ones.

If mortgage availability is still limited then we would expect sales in the outer boroughs to be limited to a certain extent to the less expensive and in general furthest away (from the centre) boroughs with sales in the inner boroughs concentrated around the centre.

In between these two areas of activity we would expect to see a "dead zone" as far as sales are concerned in areas that are not far out enough to be affordable by owner occupier standards but not close enough to the centre to be prime. This is a very simplistic generalisation but Map 5 seems to bear the assumption out.

This is just one of the many maps in the LOREMA report. Want to see the whole lot? Including one map with 3,000 interactive dots, each one a possible development opportunity, each one with full development history, location, key-players, S106 details etc? Click here, fill in the form and we'll send it right to your desktop.

LOREMA - London Residential Market Analysis

2013-05-16T09:51:35Z

nothing to do with the mighty Peter Lorimer (Leeds, midfielder, early 70s) who could hit a ball faster than any person on the planet. No this is the London Residential Market Analysis from London Residential Research, LOREMA for short. Here's our fancy new front page:

Nice isn't it...the data which comes after it is even nicer. Not only is it the most accurate, unbiased and comprehensive source of data on the London resi market, but it's now digital and it's FREE. Here's an example of one of the interactive maps in the report:

These are all the construction starts in the outer east sector of the capital. It's one of many in LOREMA. Want to see the whole lot? Including one map with 3,000 interactive dots, each one a possible development opportunity, each one with full development history, location, key-players, S106 details etc? Click here, fill in the form and we'll send it right to your desktop.

The cheapest flat we could find in London

2013-05-15T09:14:45Z

was at Belvedere Park with a price tag of £119,950. We produced and posted a map of sub £200k schemes in April and promised an interactive map in the following days. Well apologies that the days turned into weeks but here at last it is, in its full interactive glory:

Want to see more? Including one map with 3,000 interactive dots, each one a possible development opportunity, each one with full development history, location, key-players, S106 details etc? Click here, fill in the form and we'll send our new digital report London Residential Market Analysis (LOREMA) direct to your desktop.

Redevelopment of Reed House

2013-05-14T14:35:14Z

A new planning application has been submitted for the redevelopment of Reed House, 82/84 Piccadilly. The existing building plans to be demolished to make way for a new development over 4 blocks made up of 4/5/6/9 storeys. Planning permission for the redevelopment of the site was granted in 2011; however the new plans look to half the amount of office space from the previously granted 12,369 sq m gross to 6,808 sq m gross (resulting in the loss of 7,814 existing office space). This will make way for 48 residential units. The application outlines all housing to be private, however this is not confirmed and the planning statement outlines that there is 'potential for the provision of 12 affordable units'. The scheme will also include 1,663 sq m gross retail space, a 1,385 sq m gross spa and 1,885 sq m gross dedicated to the Kennel Club. The developer is British Land Company and the planning consultant is DP9. The planning application can be found here.

Image courtesy of DP9 2013

The Apprentice house 2013 finally revealed!

2013-05-08T10:43:58Z

Last year we were first to find the Apprentice house, and this year we've done it again.

Lincoln's Inn Field now not only boasts the largest public square in London and houses the famous Soane Museum, No. 6 will be the residency for Lord Alan Sugar's latest puppets - the Apprentice 2013. Would be a great place to be based if they get a chance to put their feet up - not entirely sure if that's the point of the show though!

The apprentice house 2013 revealed!

2013-05-01T11:24:17Z

Last year we revealed that the Apprentice House was at 17 Porchester Terrace in W2, click here for the blog. This year we can reveal that the house is in Holborn...err somewhere. Our best guess at the moment is Russell Square. We could equally take a punt on Bedford Square but that's where the 2010 house was, blogged here. Surely they're not going back to the same house are they? I know the Beeb's cutting back, but really...