Business & People
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.
More stock but buyers continue to “wait and see”
Recent reports of a slight fall of 3.6% in the number of sales transactions in prime central London in Q3 have been attributed (by Chesterton Humberts) to a growing "wait and see" mentality.
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.
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!
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;
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?
Knight Frank to launch lettings office in Henley
Knight Frank's Henley office is getting its very own lettings department on the 12th November.
Life on Top (part two)
In the second of a two-part special feature, Dan Crofton looks at penthouse trends and buyer expectations.
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.