Business & People
Letter from the Home Counties
New developments and unconventional marketing ideas have been the keys to a barnstorming new year in the shires, says Julian Amos..
New buying agency Allen Wargent opens for business
Paddy Allen & Pete Wargent
We hear there's a new acquisition agency about to make waves in the prime residential scene..
Witzenfeld launches prime acquisition company
There's a new kid in town - well he's actually been around for a while, but high-end residential developer Mark Witzenfeld has just launched Huntsman Property, London’s newest property acquisition company.
New Director of Private Clients for MCIFA
London-based HNW property finance specialist MCIFA has appointed Nick Rees as Senior Partner and Director of its Private Clients division
Savills maps-out house price forecasts
Savills have come up with a nifty way of getting their property forecasts out there, launching an interactive "Five Year Forecast Tool" that can be used either straight from the Savills website, or be…
Bogus property tycoon convicted
We know that lending was a touch easier to come by a few years ago, but £750m for prime property acquisitions when you don't have a bean? Bit rich.
Berkeley releases next phase of London’s best address
Berkeley Homes has released a new phase of their landmark One Tower Bridge development, which is likely to take over from One Hyde Park as London's most iconic luxury address
Futurewealth #1: the digital world of the Futurewealthy
In the first of four in-depth reports, wealth gurus Scorpio Partnership explore how the world’s wealthy are engaging with new technologies and how they spend their time online, asking what role they f…
New chair for the UK Green Building Council
Jones Lang LaSalle’s Andrew Gould has taken over from Dan Labbad, Group CEO of Lend Lease, as Chairman of the UK Green Building Council.
Luchford to put Kings Reach Tower back in the headlines
CIT, the "propertunistic" private equity business behind the development of King's Reach Tower on London's South Bank, has appointed high-end PR specialists Luchford APM to make sure that the landmark…
Battersea Power Station 75% reserved
It looks like hype has converted into buyer action, as 600 of the 800 first phase resi units at Battersea Power Station have already been reserved, less than a week after sales kicked off, according to…
Winkworth opens office on “most fashionable street in Europe”
Winkworth has thrown open the doors to its new Kensal Rise office today, bringing the agency's tally to 61 branches in the capital alone