London's Top 10 Hottest Areas in 2022

London's Top 10 Hottest Areas in 2022

Where to buy in 2022: focus your new year home hunt on the 10 areas surrounding London’s hottest high streets. Shops, restaurants, cafes... and house price growth. The London areas that savvy home buyers should get to know now

New proposals go some way to helping trapped leaseholders

New proposals go some way to helping trapped leaseholders

Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s promise that no leaseholder in a building above 11 metres (around four to six storeys) will “ever face any costs for fixing dangerous cladding” is progress at last towards shifting the terrible financial burden of this four-and-a-half-year-old scandal off leaseholders.

‘It’s a big moment for Croydon’ - work to start Westfield shopping centre moves step closer

‘It’s a big moment for Croydon’ - work to start Westfield shopping centre moves step closer

Work to start the highly-anticipated £1.4billion Westfield Croydon development has moved a step closer.

This week Croydon Council issued notices to landowners and other affected parties around the proposed site that the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) process was to begin.

ULEZ London: car clubs, bike hire and free taxis among incentives to encourage new homes buyers to go car free

ULEZ London: car clubs, bike hire and free taxis among incentives to encourage new homes buyers to go car free

London’s journey to becoming a car-free city is moving up a gear. On Monday the new Ultra-Low Emission Zone will be introduced by Mayor Sadiq Khan who also wants more central London streets pedestrianised and a ban on car parking spaces at new London homes and office blocks.

The Rise of Peckham

The Rise of Peckham

Peckham – once known as the dodgy side of London, now seen as one of the most thriving areas to date. But why the sudden rise in this new hipster location? It may have something to do with the vast number of modern art and music scenes available in the area, as well as the immense number of restaurants, cafes and coffee shops opening up every day.

Tech unicorns transforming London areas: from Broadgate to Battersea becoming hubs for cool new homes and barista workshops

Tech unicorns transforming London areas: from Broadgate to Battersea becoming hubs for cool new homes and barista workshops

This is not a scene from a George RR Martin novel or Tove Jansson fantasy, but global tech giants and so-called unicorns — private digital companies valued above $1 billion — are setting up in Battersea, Fitzrovia and Broadgate.