Developer loses £10m property empire in ‘milestone’ UWO case
Leeds-based businessman surrenders 45 assets - including properties in Chelsea and Knightsbridge - following 'groundbreaking' NCA investigation.
The Guardian: London is the wild west of the global property market – and it needs a sheriff
"Modern London is the wild west of the global property market," writes Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins and parts of it are defaced and dying as a result."
Industry agrees new process for valuing tall buildings
Surveyors, builders and lenders agree a new industry-wide process for the valuation of homes in 18+ metre buildings.
Bloomberg: Crooked banker tapped professionals to manage web of dirty money
Investigation shines a spotlight on the 'enablers' involved in overseeing the luxury assets of Azerbaijan’s Jahangir Hajiyev - reportedly including a set of super-prime mansions on the prestigious St…
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Knight Frank begins redundancy consultation process
Agency says fewer than 3% of its UK workforce could be affected.
The Great Fragmentation: New data charts super-prime London’s shift from two-agency dominance to a field of fifty
Exclusive: Analysis of 70 £10mn-plus sales confirms a striking shift in how PCL's biggest deals are being brokered.
Record deal sealed on Pimlico’s St George’s Square
Rare freehold townhouse changes hands at close to £10mn asking.
First Look: Albion Nord completes £6.7mn show home at Bishops Avenue Gardens
Arts & Crafts meets luxury living in first apartment to be unveiled at new Billionaires' Row scheme.
Salboy launches fourth central London scheme
Studio Power has designed the ten-apartment scheme in Camden for Salboy & Forge Homes.
Rare and historic homes change hands as north London’s top end stirs
Savills reports a busy few weeks in Hampstead and St John's Wood, with buyers snapping up blue-plaque houses, trophy homes and a £13.5mn mansion conversion project.
‘Bold buyers snap up deals’: Super-prime agent calls for ‘the end of caution’ in PCL
'Decisive buyers are dominating,' says Peter Wetherell, following a five-day five-deal run worth nearly £25mn.
Family office buys mixed-use property parade in South Kensington
Eastway Estates spent £11mn on the row of buildings on Bute Street.
More ‘legacy’ properties set to change hands in London this year, says top dealmaker
UK Sotheby's private office chief expects market confidence to build, with continued competition for the capital's best homes.
Japanese behemoth to buy top-end construction giant Multiplex
Multiplex's prime London projects include 30 Grosvenor Square, St John's Wood Square, The Broadway & Television Centre.
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London Square buys 800-home Earl’s Court scheme
Aldar-owned developer completes another significant resi acquisition in SW London.
Strutt & Parker recruits Knight Frank’s Glanville to lead prime cities push
BNP Paribas-backed agency steps up expansion across key regional markets.
In Pictures: Regent’s Park’s Silk House seeks £16k per week
PCL agency pitches award-winning trophy let with 'every conceivable contemporary luxury on a billionaire's wish list'.
Russell Simpson bolsters Mayfair lettings team
PCL specialist joins firm's Mayfair & Marylebone operation from Clifton Property Partners.
Industry Reactions: On early binding agreements & the government’s wider homebuying ‘shake-up’
Agents and conveyancers seem split on the latest proposals; there's a broad welcome for binding deals but some scepticism on sales packs.