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Aces of bass - Chase & Status

14.10.11
Drum 'n' bass duo Chase and Status are behind the biggest British release of 2011 and have developed a ferocious live set - "You really get that intensity at our shows, it's all-out carnage," they tell David Smyth... more

Rents in prestige areas rise by 27 per cent as demand exceeds supply

12.10.11
Rents in parts of the capital have gone up by 27 per cent since June 2009, research shows... more

Up by £1117 a day, London homes head for £4m mark

26.09.11
It may be a drop in the ocean to the likes of Roman Abramovich and Tamara Ecclestone, who recently spent £90 million and £45 million respectively on houses in Kensington, but the average cost of a prime central London home is about to go through £4 million... more

Squeeze hitting middle-class mortgages ...while wealthy carry on spending

04.07.11
Fresh signs of the painful squeeze on middle-class finances emerge as runaway inflation bites into homeowners' efforts to clear their mortgage debt... more

Luxury homes surging

31.05.11
London's luxury homes shrugged off a sluggish wider market in May as the flood of foreign cash into the capital's property scene shows little sign of ending, estate agent Knight Frank has said... more

Chase and Status set for summer of success on festival circuit

14.03.11
London dance duo Chase and Status have progressed quickly from anonymous drum 'n' bass purists to reliable hitmakers... more

Uzbek buyers snap up luxury houses in capital

28.02.11
Cash from Uzbekistan has been flooding into luxury London property amid a £3.9 billion spending spree by international buyers, according to estate agent Knight Frank... more

CDs of the week

28.01.11
Our music critics round up this week's biggest CD releases... ... more

Rents soar to three-year peak in central London

11.01.11
Rents in central London’s most sought-after addresses surge to their highest level for nearly three years, property agent Knight Frank says ... more

Sound check: Great album - how about some more?

26.11.10
The deluxe edition, with extra songs, new artwork and alternate takes is all the rage — and it’s mostly good news for fans... more

Price of London's luxury homes falls again

02.11.10
Upmarket London house prices have fallen for the fourth month in a row and “the trend has some way to go”, according to property consultant Knight Frank... more

McLaren join race to Formula 1 Hyde Park

05.08.10
Formula 1 racing giant McLaren is opening its flagship showroom in the most expensive residential development ever built in London... more

Over 50 nations seek keys to London's smartest homes

05.07.10
The number of nationalities chasing London’s most expensive properties has risen to a record 51, research reveals ... more

Qatari riches pour into property market

15.06.10
Large swathes of London are set to be transformed by the wealth of Qatar as figures reveal that money from the Middle East and Far East is dominating the capital's property market... more

Central London house prices rise fastest in three years

01.03.10
There are further signs of the capital’s housing market strengthening with central London house prices up 3.2% in February... more

'Banker bracket' London house prices keep rising

03.02.10
High-end London house prices are up for the 10th month running, although their rise is slowing, according to estate agency Knight Frank... more

Bonus tax 'to hit property recovery'

10.12.09
£550million bank bonus tax is likely to have 'severe repercussions' for the central London property market, estate agents warn... more

Bankers up the value of London’s top properties

30.11.09
House prices in London are on the rise again as City bankers splash out on multi-million pound homes... more

Return of bank bonuses fuels a new surge in house prices

22.10.09
Return of huge bonuses is already pushing up the price of homes - even though City workers have yet to receive their payouts... more

London house prices will jump nearly 40% by 2014

13.10.09
London will escape falling house prices next year while the rest of the country faces a setback in the values of most properties... more

Top-bracket estate agents attack curb on bonuses

02.10.09
Upmarket estate agents today warned that Alistair Darling’s curb on bankers’ bonuses could knock the property market’s fragile recovery in desirable London postcodes ... more

Lib-Dem mansion tax is such a mess

24.09.09
Have the Lib Dems thought through their plan to tax houses over £1 million? They “might find the definition of a house less than clear-cut”... ... more

Price rises lift recovery hope in capital’s housing market

22.07.09
Hopes of a recovery in the London housing market gathered momentum today, after figures showed prices rose sharply in prime suburban areas ... more

London homes no longer world's priciest

23.03.09
London is no longer the most expensive place to buy a home... more

Ditch pretend targets on housing

10.12.08
An expert says that 100,000 homes will have been built in Britain this year, the lowest figure for a generation. Next year he thinks it could be as low as 70,000 ... more

London home slump 'will go on next year'

14.10.08
House prices in London will continue to fall next year and not return to last year's peak until 2015, estate agent Knight Frank warned today, adding that "there is more pain to come" for the housing market.... more

Credit crunch pain hits £5m homes, says Knight Frank

29.08.08
The collapse of the housing market is spreading to central London as all but the very richest are hit by the credit crunch... more

Country property prices take a tumble

15.07.08
The average price of expensive homes in the country favoured by bankers and other rich Londoners escaping the capital has fallen at its fastest rate for more than a decade... more

House prices plunge 3% in London's top areas

02.07.08
Property prices in London's most sought after areas have plunged by more than three per cent in three months, figures show... more

CDs of the week

18.04.08
Alex Turner's side project, The Last Shadow Puppets, is a debut of extraordinary promise, The Accidental could improve with time and Anita Wardell has an impressive go at scat-singing.... more


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