EXCLUSIVE: Former Strutt & Parker board member signed up as Founder Partner and MD as Martin Bikhit builds out new UK luxury agency.
PCL heavyweight Willis joins Forbes-backed brokerage
EXCLUSIVE: Former Strutt & Parker board member signed up as Founder Partner and MD as Martin Bikhit builds out new UK luxury agency.
London Square picked for 133-home Waterloo scheme
Aldar-owned developer takes on resi element of major new health and life sciences quarter.
Constellation brings in former Six Senses chief to build new global luxury brand
Neil Jacobs to oversee new international collection spanning hotels, resorts and residences, including London landmarks The Connaught, The Berkeley and The Emory.
Zoopla returns to profit as home valuation activity jumps
Leading portal continues to shift focus from property listings towards becoming a 'data-driven homeowner platform.'
Well-known Marylebone pub set for prime resi reinvention
Beauchamp Estates says the old Beehive pub could become 'one of the most exceptional homes in the area,' after selling at asking price.
Ex-JDW sales head joins broker network in Fulham
George Henty-Dodd has signed to Moveli after spells with John D Wood, Chestertons, Foxtons and Winkworth.
Housebuilder start-ups down by a third as resi construction slump deepens
'The number of housebuilders is likely to continue shrinking,' warns major estate agency group, as economic pressures mount.
Estate agency consultancy launches mergers & acquisitions division
Joel Osbourne has been brought in to lead the operation alongside Nicola and Paul Broomham.
Prime London lettings market squeezed by five years of tight supply
Stock shortages are pushing tenancy numbers lower and rents higher, according to Knight Frank - although the super-prime market is holding up.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing, featuring data, forecasts and analysis from Knight Frank, Strutt & Parker, Zoopla, Black Brick, Barclays, ONS, HMRC & more...
Prime London deal volumes pick up as buyers negotiate rather than walk
Latest numbers put transactions 2% above the five-year average - but it’s a very different picture depending on where you look.
Time vs Money: Ollie Marshall on the changing calculation for Britain’s wealthy
Top buying agent on the expats who left to preserve their money - but may ultimately return to preserve their time.
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I have spent more than 30 years in this industry and I remain as excited by great property, great clients and getting deals done as I was when I started - what has changed is the way I believe the best agents should be able to operate
Pininfarina shifts into US resi market with $17mn ‘collectible’ villas
Ferrari collaborator takes its branded resi concept stateside with a limited run of bespoke super-homes.
‘A mansion-sized exercise in mindless and needless bureaucracy’: Abrahmsohn on the High Value Council Tax Surcharge
Glentree boss takes aim at the valuation ‘cliff edges’, appeals and red tape surrounding the incoming £2mn-plus property levy.
Set in Stonework: Behind the scenes at the restoration & extension of Lutyens’ first major house
How specialist teams treated the spectacular Chinthurst Hill to a 21st-century upgrade.
Real Estate Legal Digest: An essential guide to the latest developments shaping the UK property market
Stay abreast of the key policies & issues impacting the real estate sector with PrimeResi's regular legal briefing, prepared by Boodle Hatfield's team of experts.
Warwick revives 1880s Notting Hill terrace as luxury resi scheme
Four top-spec residences will be released to the market throughout the autumn.
‘The best projects have a soul before they have a spreadsheet’: In conversation with YOO Group founder John Hitchcox
The property entrepreneur who helped pioneer loft living and branded residences talks London’s overlooked hotspots, buyer trends, the next big shift in the sector - and the best investment he ever made.
In Pictures: Inside Oliver Burns Studio’s £21.25mn show apartment at The Bryanston
3,872 sq ft turnkey residence is the latest designer collaboration at Almacantar’s 54-unit super-prime scheme overlooking Hyde Park.
Property should replace work as tax base of choice, says influential think tank
IPPR pitches a 0.65% proportional property tax to replace both council tax & stamp duty.
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International property news
Knight Frank installs new Managing Partner in Berlin
'Germany is our number-one priority market for expansion in Europe,' says KF's Europe MD.
London headquartered architecture firm lands major Singapore masterplanning project
Singapore Land Group's Marina Square will include a 49-storey residential tower alongside reworkings of three 'tropical modernist' hotel buildings.
In Pictures: $157mn trophy estate emerges from ‘one of the most iconic renovations in Palm Beach history’
This newly-completed 27,000 sq ft waterfront compound comes with 15 bedrooms, a sunken clay tennis court, private theatre and boat lift.
Park Hyatt to debut in Portugal with Comporta branded residences
Property developer Coporgest is on board to deliver 28 branded residences alongside a hotel/resort and additional resi units.
‘Taylor Swift Tax’ faces legal challenge from luxury homeowners
Rhode Island’s new levy on high-value second homes has been in force for less than two months - and already has a fight on its hands.
Profiles & Interviews
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Natalie Malka
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 Residence One’s Ben Wilson
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
‘The industry is changing dramatically’: Russell Simpson’s Bertie Russell on growing the family business & the future of prime agency
INTERVIEW: PCL agency boss discusses carving out a place between the corporates and brokers, pushing into new prime London markets and keeping the boutique edge.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Forsters’ Helen Marsh
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 London House founder Richard Douglas
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
Interiors & Design
Foster + Partners puts ‘robot swarms’ to work on buildings
Autonomous construction project teams bots and drones with adaptable structures designed to be dismantled and reused - with ‘wide-reaching' potential.
Berkeley teams up with Rise Art for Camden Goods Yard showcase
Online gallery collaboration 'explores how art can be integrated into the context of a home, responding directly to its architecture and neighbourhood,' says curator.
Super-prime fit-out specialist eyes £100mn turnover amid resi push
130-year-old firm behind interiors at The Peninsula and The Londoner expands residential offering with three of London’s most anticipated luxury schemes in the works.
Malins Group rolls out private client arm
Property group launches new division for owners restoring, remodelling and creating ‘exceptional’ homes.
Foster + Partners appoints new Head of Studio
Kirsten Scott is one of three senior figures taking on new roles at the practice.
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