‘Covid-19 has increased the desire to move home, with more space the key driver’ for prime buyers
The latest Savills buyer survey reveals "a greater urgency in the desire to move home", allowing the top-end estate agency to predict that the current surge in buying activity will continue beyond the summer - particularly in country markets.
How Covid-19 will reshape what prime UK home buyers & sellers want
The Covid-19 crisis could drive a "rural renaissance", reports Savills, as affluent househunters shift their priorities in light of the Coronavirus lockdown.
Buyers’ desire for a better work-life balance is driving ‘increased urgency’ in the prime property market
Three-quarters of house-hunters registered with Savills say that Covid-19 has led them to "reconsider their work-life balance".
What buyers want now: Top town & country buying agents compare notes on post-lockdown demand trends
Two top buying agents - one focused on prime London, and one on prime country houses - reveal what is on their clients' most-wanted lists.
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Super-prime agent & social media star launches ‘game-changing’ property brokerage
One of London's best-known top-end agents has set up a 'forward-thinking' luxury property brokerage that 'understands the power of storytelling & digital influence in a new era of property.'
Knight Frank creates new UK board
Property agency assembles top-level team to drive long-term growth & strengthen operations.
London Square adds big Wimbledon site to expanding portfolio
Latest SW London deal marks the developer’s fifteenth acquisition since late 2023, and third major move this year.
John D Wood & Co. recruits Knight Frank’s Kilgarriff to lead Central London Lettings
A senior KF operator has moved to a key role in Polly Ogden Duffy's team at JDW.
Agency bags trio of trophy listings in St George’s Hill
Savills Weybridge's new instructions include one of only a handful of original W.G. Tarrant houses on the exclusive private estate.
In Pictures: Newly built ‘masterpiece’ mansion in Montenegro seeks €8mn
Becky Fatemi of Sotheby's International Realty pitches a 'Venetian-inspired masterpiece', developed by a British father & son in 'Europe’s best-kept secret'.
‘The centre of gravity has shifted’: Ranking Europe’s top-performing luxury property markets through the last decade
Key trends revealed in long-term analysis of Knight Frank's Prime International Residential Index.
Designed to Sell: Five home staging principles for attracting today’s luxury buyers
Top designer Ed O’Donnell reveals how art, furniture & colour can shape how a property is perceived, drawing on recent projects at The OWO, Centre Point, Lancer Square & River Park Tower.
In Pictures: ‘One of Ireland’s finest contemporary country houses’ seeks €8mn
Agents instructed on 111-acre estate with spectacular centrepiece & 'unrivalled waterside appeal'.
Dexters reports another 23% revenue jump
Income from the estate agency's lettings business rocketed by nearly a third last year.
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Valouran continues to build pipeline of landmark projects, unveiling plans for a 'major play' on Westbourne Grove.
Dexters names new CEO
Estate agency's CFO & Deputy CEO Ash Kashyap steps up to the top job as Andy Shepherd retires.
Foxtons’ sales revenue jumps 73% to hit a ten-year high
The high-profile agency had a 'very strong start to the year' as buyers scrambled to beat the stamp duty deadline.
West End office building set for boutique luxury resi conversion
Dukelease & BST England have teamed up to transform a handsome period block on Hallam Street into six high-end apartments.
Related Argent names new chairman
Former Cushman & Wakefield chief John Forrester to succeed longtime chairman David Partridge.