Agency appoints Mike Knowles as Head of Lettings Business Development as part of wider lettings restructure.
Knight Frank brings in ex-CBRE director for new board-level role
Agency appoints Mike Knowles as Head of Lettings Business Development as part of wider lettings restructure.
Country house buyers hold back in third summer of uncertainty
Exchanges are down 10%, buyer registrations are down 14%, and average prices have fallen by 5% in the last year, reports Knight Frank.
In Pictures: Grosvenor Square emerges from £25mn redesign
Mayfair's historic public gardens to re-open after a significant revamp.
UK Sotheby’s launches US buyer advisory
Veteran broker Jim Bell joins the Mayfair-based firm to help wealthy Americans navigate the UK's prime resi market.
House price optimism gets a reality check
Fewer than a third of consumers now expect prices to rise over the next 12 months, down from more than half last year, according to latest OnTheMarket poll.
London property brokerage Jefferies buys Bayswater lettings firm
Grange will continue to be led by Mez Callender and Christina Lipper.
Development director to depart Great Portland Estates
Andrew White is leaving the London developer after more than 13 years; GPE says role will not be replaced.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing, featuring data, forecasts and analysis from LonRes, Hamptons, Lloyds Bank, RICS, Knight Frank, Savills & more...
Landlord sales slow as new rules raise cost of an empty property
Buy-to-let purchases now outpace landlord exits for first time since 2019, reports Hamptons, as 'the balance of risk' has changed.
Pace of rental price growth climbs to 13-month high – Hamptons
Latest Connells Group data suggests the average rent on a newly-let home across the UK has increased by 1.6% in the last year.
Carter Jonas promotes 14 new Salaried Partners
Resi specialists in Oxford & Cambridge are among those stepping up across the firm's national business.
Knight Frank promotes 129
UK business names 18 new Partners in latest promotions round.
Quote of the day
While challenges undoubtedly remain, conditions for landlords arguably look better than they did 12 months ago
Behind the Schemes: How ‘invisible tech’ helped reimagine a Grade I listed Fitzrovia townhouse
Award-winning collaboration between James Gorst Architects and Mosaic Audio & Visual concealed cutting-edge systems within one of PCL's most significant heritage homes.
Signs of life in the Prime London sales market, but values are still falling
As we pass the halfway point of the year, the latest LonRes figures reveal what's really going on in the prime postcodes.
‘A hidden crisis’: How uninsurable properties are quietly stalling high-end transactions
While climate-related risk is widely discussed, the immediate impact on the luxury homes market is not, writes George Seatter - and insurance placement is emerging as one of the biggest deal blockers around.
Knight Frank & UK Sotheby’s land £25mn Ormeley Lodge instruction
Lady Annabel Goldsmith's 'exquisite' former home between Ham Common and Richmond Park comes to market after more than 50 years with the family.
In Pictures: Inside the first completed penthouse at Holland Park Gate
RedBook Agency & Taylor Howes collaborate on transformation of 5,500 sq ft duplex atop Lodha's super-prime scheme in Kensington, billed as 'one of London's most significant new luxury homes'.
Charles Curran on the unintended consequences of a proportional property tax
The Maskells boss explores some significant potential ramifications of proposed reforms backed by PM-apparent Andy Burnham.
In Pictures: 500 industry pros attend inaugural ‘Summer Social’ at the Hurlingham Club
Social Circuit: UK Sotheby's, Enness Global and Lumley brought together professionals from the luxury property, finance and wider private client worlds for an afternoon of networking and entertainment.
High-profile agent Tangney launches ‘modern private office’
Siân-Louise Tangney's new venture, Key Privé, has already chalked up a £200k-a-month off-market deal in Ascot.
Editor's Choice
Savills expects 'increasingly cautious' London & regional top-ends to remain price sensitive in H2.
International property news
Postcard from Los Cabos: ‘We are witnessing a fundamental change in how people choose to live’
Ramiro Palenque Bullrich explores how this enclave on Mexico's Baja peninsula is becaming a global HNW hotspot.
Buyer sought for ultra-prime Cannes trophy estate project
Off-market shell-condition château offers €50mn-plus potential once complete, says agency.
Developer marks completion of Dubai’s first Six Senses Residences
Owner hand-overs are now underway on Palm Jumeirah.
Global house price growth slows to weakest level since 2024
Knight Frank's latest index shows annual growth slipped from 2.3% to 1.4% in Q1, but 91% of the 55 markets tracked were still in positive territory.
Chestertons Global extends French Riviera coverage
Boutique agency Olivier Morvan & Co is now operating as Chestertons Nice.
Profiles & Interviews
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Oona Collins
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
‘The product has to work harder than ever’: Dean Main on developing, managing & future-proofing super-prime homes
The Rhodium and Henigman boss gives PrimeResi the inside track on how top-end demand is shifting in London - and reveals what separates the very best schemes from the rest.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Simon Taylor
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with David Ronson
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
Interview: Charlie Gibson & Tas Basran of OB Private on scaling up, the brokerage shift & breaking down corporate barriers
New leadership structure, a fast-growing brokerage arm and deals flowing: inside the Mayfair-based property firm’s next phase.
Interiors & Design
Luxury PCL developer expands into the prime country market
Mayfair-based REDD says growing demand from UHNW clients is driving its move beyond central London.
RIBA names new President
Jay Morton of Bell Phillips Architects will take the reins from Chris Williamson next year.
In Pictures: ‘Iconic’ Georgian townhouse in Bath seeks £2.75mn
Designed by John Wood the Elder, No.1 The Circus is being sold alongside a rather fine selection of interiors pieces.
HBA Residential expands global leadership team
Luxury design practice appoints regional Principals to oversee EMEA, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.
In Pictures: Touring a brand-new townhouse opposite Harrods, asking £14.4mn
Agents are marketing the first of five newly completed freehold homes on Lancelot Place; PrimeResi took a look around.
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