Wednesday 28 May 2014

London's top property growth areas

The energising impact of the 2012 Games endures despite government austerity cuts. London remains alive with regeneration projects, transport upgrades, and cultural and employment shifts that are creating new property hotspots and fresh buying opportunities. 

Throughout this month we will be taking a closer look at London’s potential growth areas — because, as we all know, the clever buyer gets in at the beginning. We’ll be identifying districts where new transport links are providing more mobility and regeneration is creating buying opportunities.

Between 2013 and 2013 a huge range of new developments will be launched, both big and small. They include homes in prestigious central neighbourhoods, in up-and-coming locations, on the waterfront and in leafy suburbs. Some are ready to move into now, while others can be snapped up off-plan.

More than ever, the capital city is a collection of micro markets where local factors and dynamics — well-regarded schools, historic architecture, fashionable bars and restaurants, specialist street markets, new boutiques and shops or a “destination” development — can lift prices beyond the area norm.