Lettings
Sourcing Property launches block management service
Jo Eccles' Chelsea-based search agency Sourcing Property has debuted a new block management service, recruiting KFH's Stephen Britton to head things up.
Collegiate AC launches ‘prestige living’ PRS platform
The team behind luxury student accommodation provider Collegiate AC is looking to pimp the private rented sector (PRS), by rolling out a new service aimed at high-flying graduates and well-to-do professionals.
Buy-to-let ‘remains strong despite surcharge’ – Douglas & Gordon
Investing in buy-to-let properties is still a strong plan regardless of the new 3% SDLT levy, says Douglas & Gordon, as it records above-inflation rent rises across its "emerging prime" segment of West…
Rental focus drives revenue growth for Winkworth
Winkworth has reported a "broadly flat" 2015, posting a 6.7% rise in revenues and a 1% dip in pre-tax profit.
Releasing its annual results, the agency confirmed revenues of £5.
Luxury rents slip across prime global cities
Rents in prime cities around the world fell by an average of 1.1% in 2015 - a pretty significant contrast to the 2.5% growth posted in 2014.
JLL opens tenth resi agency office
JLL has opened its tenth office in the capital, settling on Stratford in East London for the latest venture.
Charlotte Russell
‘Rigorous’ council lettings agency lists just one property
It's been pointed out that the first lettings agency to be set up by a London council is currently advertising a solitary instruction.
Leeming slams stamp duty surcharge; ‘the only losers will be tenants’
The incoming 3% stamp duty surcharge will fail to deter buy-to-let investors in most parts of the UK, according to one national agency, although it may succeed in making things harder for tenants.
150-fold rise in London homes listed on AirBnB as private landlords get in on the act
London's homeowners are going nuts for AirBnB. JLL has recorded a 150-fold rise in the number of resi properties listed on the home-lettings website over the past five years.
Fools Rush In: Why buy-to-let will still be worthwhile after April 1st
Carter Jonas has urged potential buy-to-let investors not to let next month's stamp duty hike be the deciding factor in making a purchase.
Prime central London rents slip on global volatility
Annual rental value growth in prime central London has fallen to -0.2%, says Knight Frank, the first time the annual rate has pointed downwards since June 2014.
Mega-lateral up for rent in Northacre’s The Bromptons
A colossal flat in one of London's most celebrated luxury schemes, The Bromptons in Chelsea, has just come up for rent at £25k a week.