Buyers’ desire for a better work-life balance is driving ‘increased urgency’ in the prime property market
Three-quarters of house-hunters registered with Savills say that Covid-19 has led them to "reconsider their work-life balance".
‘Covid-19 has increased the desire to move home, with more space the key driver’ for prime buyers
The latest Savills buyer survey reveals "a greater urgency in the desire to move home", allowing the top-end estate agency to predict that the current surge in buying activity will continue beyond the…
How Covid-19 will reshape what prime UK home buyers & sellers want
The Covid-19 crisis could drive a "rural renaissance", reports Savills, as affluent househunters shift their priorities in light of the Coronavirus lockdown
What buyers want now: Top town & country buying agents compare notes on post-lockdown demand trends
Two top buying agents - one focused on prime London, and one on prime country houses - reveal what is on their clients' most-wanted lists.
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Savills recruits Knight Frank’s Gigi to head Hampstead sales
Agency confirms 'major' resi appointment in north London.
Candy Capital teams up with Abu Dhabi property developer to ‘redefine luxury living on a global scale’
British tycoon Nick Candy has signed a 'landmark' JV agreement with Modon Holding, promising to 'amplify the ultra-luxury real estate landscape' in the UAE, Middle East & beyond.
Fairway Capital tees up £50mn Belgravia mews scheme
Conversion of historic garage site to deliver first complete terrace of new mews houses in the neighbourhood since the 1950s.
Former Black Brick partner launches ‘private property network’ for agents
Over 100 firms have already signed up to Caspar Harvard-Walls' London-based platform, Oskar.
In Pictures: Inside an ‘ultra-high-end’ renovation project in Knightsbridge
Rigby & Rigby is collaborating with NJF Design to create a 'one-of-a-kind' residence on Walton Place.
DDRE boosts Home Counties coverage
High-end brokerage adds two new advisors targeting prime markets beyond the capital.
In Pictures: Joyce Wang Studio designs £17.25mn apartment at The Whiteley
International practice was given carte blanche to create a 'quietly luxurious' 4,000 sq ft residence at the £1.2bn west London scheme.
Walter Lilly merges with Size Group
Specialists join forces to create 'high quality multi-sector construction craft group'.
UK is ‘worst in the world for millionaire exits’, warn economists
The Adam Smith Institute believes the share of the UK population who are US dollar millionaires will fall by a fifth over the next four years, thanks to 'a hostile culture for wealth creators'.
Peter Jackson: What’s next for tall residential-led buildings?
One of SOM's London-based leaders talks us through the latest advances in tall building design, and explains how a new wave of schemes are attracting - and retaining - residents.
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Hometrack rolls out Data Services arm
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House prices are climbing fastest in historic towns & commuter hotspots
While new towns have seen little-to-no house price growth in the last year.