Business & People
Savills International Property Exhibition: 14/11/2012-15/11/2012
If you've been out on viewings all day, you'll know it's the coldest of the year so far
A trophy home in London? Yes We Can!
In case you hadn't noticed all the pop concerts and ticker tape, it's US election day
New (new) UK MD for CBRE
Ciaran Bird will take over from Matthew Pullen as Managing Director of CBRE UK on 1st January 2013, after Pullen resigned with immediate effect just two weeks after his appointment as MD was announced
Branded Developments: The impact of branding on luxury residential developments
A snazzy address or pithy postcode is just not enough: The most successful new luxury developments are creating entire brand experiences, not just homes, for HNW buyers.
RESI Awards 2013 open for entries
There's another property awards event in town! Everyone's a winner! Property Week's RESI Awards - a rather popular spin-off from the excellent RESI Conference - are all lined up for 1st May 2013 at a new,…
Autumn bloom for prime London
With just six more weeks of marketing left until Christmas, some more evidence things have been hotting up in the prime central London sales market; a whopping 36 per cent upsurge in the number of transactions…
Life on Top (part two)
In the second of a two-part special feature, Dan Crofton looks at penthouse trends and buyer expectations
Clive Aslet on Thomas Cubitt: 21/11/2012
Great British institutions Clive Aslet and Peter York will be discussing the work of Thomas Cubitt, one of London's key architectural figures and master builder of Belgravia and Pimlico, at an event hosted…
New build values in Mayfair “to triple by 2050”
Shrill accusations and sullen aftermaths - who doesn't love a good old-fashioned "game" of Monopoly? Well it seems the geniuses behind the boardgame were also purveyors of uncannily reliable real estate…
Knight Frank to launch lettings office in Henley
Knight Frank's Henley office is getting its very own lettings department on the 12th November
Lifetime Achievement Award for £3bn Man Abrahmsohn
Trevor Abrahmsohn, founder of Glentree Estates, "Lord of Bishop's Avenue" and, more importantly, PrimeResi columnist, scooped the Lifetime Achievement Award at last night's glitzy Spear's Wealth Management…
Mayfair penthouse sells for £19.5m (a 400% price increase in 16 years)
A penthouse on Park Lane has just sold for £19.5m, breaking the £4,000 per square foot barrier and achieving a 400 per cent appreciation since being sold by the same agent in 1996.