‘An exceptional year’: Savills’ Crispin Holborow on 2020’s ‘rural renaissance’
People are once again rediscovering just how well the English country house works for a family, says Savills’ super-prime country house specialist, as sales of top-end estates hit their highest level in 14 years....
Crispin is deputy chairman of Savills private office, specialising in the sale of high value country property, both country houses and estates. Previously head of the country house department and of the farm agency discipline, Crispin now works with David Forbes in Savills private office where, in addition to his role selling country property, they connect ultra high net worth individuals to properties in the UK, particularly in the country.
Londoners spent more on property outside of the capital in 2020 than in any year since 2007
Londoners spent more on property outside of the capital in 2020 than in any year since 2007 reports Hamptons, as the number of "London leavers" reached 73,950.
April 2021 ‘may well mark the bottom of the prime London housing market’
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New 42-storey tower promises to ‘put Earls Court onto London’s skyline’
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Mixed-use Mayfair gem changes hands
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