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Behind the scenes at Client Services
Winkworth has provided some pretty interesting insight into the world of estate agency lead generation.
Grade I Queen Anne’s Gate mansion goes for £19m
A Grade I listed stonker on Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster has reportedly just been sold in one of the biggest deals of the summer.
‘95% of buyers would pay 25% more to live near a school’
95% of buyers and 81% of renters would pay up to 25% more to live in close proximity to a school, says online estate agency Urban.co.uk.
A Deal A Day: The rise of the 24-hour exchange
"Fierce competition for property in the prime central London market is driving buyers to insist on a 24-hour exchange window as a term of their offer," says search agency Banda Property.
Two new offices for Foxtons
Foxtons is continuing to expand at a fair lick across Outer London, unveiling two new offices in Surbiton and Croydon and taking its 2015 launch tally to seven.
Landmark goes on South Coast acquisition drive
Landmark Estates is cracking on with its expansion plans, snaffling four new sites in the last three weeks alone.
Former home of plastic surgery pioneer asks £18.95m
One of Hampstead's most important period mansions has just come up for sale.The former home of the plastic surgery pioneer Sir Harold Delf Gillies, 71 Frognal has hit the market for a cool £18.95m.
Zones 2, 3 and 6 lead London’s transaction recovery – Hamptons
Transactions levels are still a way off last year's levels, says Hamptons International, but "that may now be beginning to change," with the capital's prime fringes and commuter hubs feeling the first…
Buyers advised not to rely on portals as vendors go off-market
As stock levels fall and applicant levels continue to rise, vendors are increasingly requesting an off-market period before their instructions go fully public, reports Douglas & Gordon...
Third of Keybridge apartments sold at pre-launch event
Over 150 guests rocked up for a first glimpse of the redevelopment of the former BT telephone exchange in Vauxhall last week.
Top end rallies but PCL transactions still well down on 2014 levels
Q2 transaction levels across prime central London were up 24% on Q1, notes Strutt & Parker, with a 40% increase recorded in the £2m+ range.
Buyers from ‘untapped’ mainland China to take over as London’s biggest investors
Harrods Estates has predicted that UHNWIs from mainland China will soon take over as the biggest group of investors in prime London.