Lettings
Cadogan Estate collaborates with design magazine on pop-up apartment
The Cadogan Estate has collaborated with design bible Wallpaper* on a pretty innovative pop-up project at its new scheme in Knightsbridge.
Mansion tax and the prime London lettings market: An impact assessment
About 20,000 rental properties in London are worth £2m or more, says Knight Frank. A mansion tax on the these homes could have some significant unintended consequences for tenants and landlords...
New Lettings Manager for Henry & James
PCL-based independent Henry & James has hired Steve Cook to head up its Belgravia lettings team.
Scare B&B: Just how risky are short term lets?
Following recent reforms allowing Londoners to let their property on short leases without the need for permits, an increasing number of high value homes have appeared on short term letting websites. B
$500k pcm New York apartment finds a tenant
The priciest rental apartment in New York City has finally found a tenant.
Forecast: London rents to outpace house prices in 2015 – Marsh & Parsons
London's rental prices are likely to rise by 10% next year, thinks Marsh & Parsons, driven by strong tenant demand and a flourishing corporate sector.
Rental Health: Million-plus lettings surge as HNW buyers wait and see
It looks like London's super-rich are opting for to wait and see for the next 12 months, as the very top-end of the rentals market - with six and seven figure annual rents - booms
Johns&Co recruits lettings head from Knight Frank
"Exponential growth" since last year's launch of luxury new-build specialist estate agency Johns & Co has meant the firm has just recruited a batch of new faces, including a key hire from Knight Frank.
Infographic: Knight Frank’s Price Map of Prime London
High-end estate agency Knight Frank has drawn up a map of prime central and prime outer London, complete with price performance stats for each of its office's sales and rentals departments
The End of the Year is Nigh: No change for prime London rents in November
A bit of a split between around the £1,500 pw mark, but no change overall for prime central London's rental values in November, says Knight Frank, leaving the annual change at +4.4%.
Midtown sales spike as buyers look beyond London’s golden postcodes
CBRE has reported 60% spike in sales in Q3 this year compared to last in Midtown - twixt Mayfair and the City - as buyers look beyond Mayfair and Knightsbridge
New-build market above £1m to suffer in 2015 as supply increases – Hurford Salvi Carr
City/Docklands/Midtown-based agency Hurford Salvi Carr has been totting up the price movements across its patch during 2014, and come up with an average increase of 4% on the sales side.
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