Mira Bar-Hillel
MarketsEasy does it for new agency portal
EasyProperty.com aims to simplify transactions and slash agency fees. Mira Bar-Hillel reports
MarketsPost waste
After row about sale price of Royal Mail’s central London Mount Pleasant site, there is now controversy about level of affordable housing. Mira Bar-Hillel reports
MarketsDolphin’s tale
In early July the Princess Royal extended a neatly gloved hand to Michael Kyzirakos, 32, who works in Westminster Abbey, and his wife, Katie Fine, 31, a freelance make-up artist.
NewsHow Xu wooed the west
Five years after first trying to buy Albert Dock, effervescent Chinese developer clinches £1bn deal.
MarketsGovernment’s U-turn brings long-awaited relief for ‘Generation Rent’
Regulation of rogue agents is victory for Property Week campaign. Mira Bar-Hillel reports
NewsHutchison Whampoa fires up Lots Road Power Station
Work on controversial west London scheme, first proposed almost 11 years ago, finally under way.
BlogsWhy I was right about the Montague Review
When the suits from investment companies and their stuffy mates say they have been talking about the need for more investment into the private rented sector (PRS) for a long time, I draw a deep breath.
ProfessionalHoward de Walden wants Marylebone’s Moxon Street car park back …
… but Westminster City Council is dragging its heels over the sale of the prime West End development opportunity. Mira Bar-Hillel reports
NewsMcKillen reveals his devotion to detail at Claridge’s and Connaught
Throughout the topsy-turvy existence of the Maybourne hotel group, one thing has remained constant: the hotels were valuable assets, worth fighting for in court, and the value was only going up — especially with the ambitious redevelopment programme that was put in place.
MarketsRough justice
The conviction of a fraudster has highlighted flaws in the residential lettings world. Mira Bar-Hillel investigates
MarketsDevelopers and Euston owners rail against High Speed 2
HS2 will be ambitious, expensive and disruptive. Mira Bar-Hillel reports
MarketsConcept puts fizz back into renting
Thames Valley Housing Association starts private-rent leap in Epsom. Mira Bar-Hillel reports
NewsA vanity project that is too powerful for some to resist — or cope with
Believe it or not, I wrote my first news story about Battersea Power Station exactly 25 years ago.
ProfessionalParking mad
Westminster City Council’s decision to introduce evening and weekend charges is dangerous, flawed and ignorant, says Mira Bar-Hillel
InsightCapital & Counties faces Earls Court controversy
Capital & Counties has spent £20m on its £8bn Earls Court application, only to be faced with significant local opposition. Mira Bar-Hillel reports
- Insight
Compromised land: Israel's housing shortage mirrors UK
Protests on the streets and a chronic housing shortage born of political inertia: Mira Bar-Hillel reports on an Israel that mirrors Britain
MarketsThe end of a bright idea
Mira Bar-Hillel has all but given up on the prospect of build to let solving Britain’s housing crisis
NewsResi view: Mira Bar-Hillel
Qatari Diar has officially invited the Prince of Wales’s Foundation for the Built Environment to play a key role in the future of the Chelsea Barracks site and its director, Hank Dittmar, will be involved from the start
- Markets
What price the olympic village?
Mira Bar Hillel scrutinises the costs of the flagship Olympic Games complex
