Profiles & Interviews
On forging a successful business in uncertain times: Albion Nord
In the second instalment of our mini-series on the new generation of firms starting their journeys in a challenging market, we speak to Albion Nord, the London-based interior design studio founded in 2…
On forging a successful business in uncertain times: Sterling Private Office
In the first of a new mini-series, the directors of new acquisition outfit Sterling Private Office, launched in early 2017 by a band of ex-Knight Frank buying agents, explain how it felt to walk away …
How The Modern House transformed our search for the perfect home
The Financial Times talks to Albert Hill and Matt Gibberd, founders of "editorial estate agency" The Modern House, about how they have turned an obsession with post-War architectural design into a fast-growing…
How we successfully launched a boutique estate agency in a market downturn
A year ago, former Sotheby’s and Knight Frank director Simon Tollit teamed up with ex-Savills man Christian Warman to launch a PCL-focused property business; here, he talks us through the challenges fa…
Savills boss Jeremy Helsby on building a ‘recession-proof’ property giant
The outgoing chief exec talks to the Daily Telegraph about his 40-year journey with the all-conquering agency
‘The probability of Brexit negotiations going wrong & a Labour-led government is quite scary’ for property owners, says top wealth advisor
Bloomberg's Benjamin Stupples chats with Hari Hundle of UHNW multi-family office Twin Capital, which has just opened an outpost in London's Mayfair.
Interview: Mark Hutton of Battersea Power Station Estates on selling a British icon
PrimeResi meets the man in charge of resi sales and lettings at Battersea Power Station, to discuss life in-house at one of the biggest real estate developments in Europe...
Developer launches a luxury property raffle platform, offering a £2m turn-key apartment in South Ken for £10 a ticket
London developer Gatsby Property is launching a new raffle platform, Cadivus, aimed at the prime residential market
To Save & Protect: Property guardian providers team up to raise standards
Property guardian schemes could provide affordable accommodation for 100,000 people in the UK, claims a new professional association
‘We have been let down by some of our large shareholders’: Emoov’s Russell Quirk confirms money troubles
"We are in talks with parties that have approached us to acquire the business", confirms Emoov founder Russell Quirk in an insightful video interview with property industry consultant Graham Lock
Interview: Andrew Murray of Morpheus on the craft of luxury design & development
After starting out over 20 years ago as a joinery and cabinet maker, Andrew Murray has cut a swathe through the crowded field of luxury resi with his London-based firm, Morpheus; here, he explains how…
What would a ‘no deal’ Brexit mean for the prime property sector?
As former Housing Minister Dominic Raab gets to the business end of negotiations with the European Union, we ask a panel of senior players in the prime resi industry about what effect - if any - Brexit…