Business & People
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.
@HenryPryor’s Top Tweeters
The busiest man on Twitter, Henry Pryor (@henrypryor), has been hard at work compiling a list of the top (or at least most active) property agent Tweeters.
Interview: Nicola Lavictoire, Chesterton Humberts PRIME Property Sourcing
Chesterton Humberts waded into the property finding arena last week, announcing the launch of a new Property Sourcing service that goes head-to-head with London buying agents, including Knight Frank’s…
Try before you buy
High-end holiday / property company Clarenco is trying to entice buyers for a bunch of its luxury and unusual properties by offering prospective purchasers the chance to try before they buy...
New Partner at Cluttons
Toby Whittome has been promoted to Partner at top-notch estate agency Cluttons. Whittome, formerly Sales Manager, is based at the firm's Belgravia office and previously worked at John D Wood.
Major changes at CBRE
Martin Samworth
CBRE Group Inc., has announced some significant changes to its management structure.
Bond Girls and Beatles: great for selling houses
A canny bit of promo from Knightsbridge estate agent Kaye & Carey points out that Ringo Starr's luxury pad, that he shared with his 'Bond Girl' missus Barbara Bach, has hit the market.
New Finance Director for Development Securities
Property behemoth Development Securities plc has appointed Marcus Shepherd as its new Group Finance Director.
Candy on track to lend £1bn
Christian Candy's CPC Group has pledged funding and financial support for bridging lender Omni Capital to help the company hit its property lending target of £1 billion over the next three years.
Heaton’s Six exit Property Vision
More change at top-notch property finders Property Vision: following the company's exit from HSBC at the beginning of the month (which we reported on here), a hefty chunk of the team - including Regional…