Yopa installs industry veteran Chair as backers plough in another £16m
Savills-backed hybrid estate agency Yopa has raised £16m from investors, and appointed Grenville Turner as Chairman
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Maple Springfield and Rigby & Rigby promise to ‘re-define Mayfair living’ at Berkeley Arcade Residences
NEW PICTURES: Recently-approved Pilbrow + Partners-designed scheme on Curzon Street is delivering a Parisian-inspired retail arcade beneath 42 luxury residences
‘House prices would flounder in the six months after a no-deal Brexit’ – Reuters
Reuters’ latest poll of property experts indicates a ‘tepid outlook’ for the UK market, with significant downsides to an unruly withdrawal from the European Union
Notting Hill mansion tucked away at £26m
Sale of 8,000 sq ft stunner just off Ladbroke Square marks the fourth £20m+ deal on this patch in recent months
Chestertons signs ex-Knight Frank & Savills man
33-branch agency hires former Knight Frank partner and Savills director Robert Adams to lead its South Ken sales team
India & Camden clash over Primrose Hill townhouse conversion
A museum on King Henry’s Road, dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern India, may have to be returned to resi use following Camden’s refusal of retrospective planning permission
‘The Mountain of Beverley Hills’ was listed at $1bn; it’s sold for just $100k
Super-prime 157-acre hilltop site in Los Angeles goes to a credit bid at auction for 0.1% of its original asking price
Plans submitted for an ‘innovative’ beach hut scheme in Poole
A development of 28 contemporary beach huts has been mooted near Dorset’s Canford Cliffs
European property fund raises $2bn
Ares is targeting “distressed” and “complex” residential and commercial assets in major European cities
Luxury real estate giant Engel & Völkers exits UK market; continues global expansion
German-based behemoth no longer operating in the UK, following the closure of its sole PCL branch; worldwide commission revenues soar by 11% as major rollout continues across Europe & North America…
Beauty Hotspots: House price premiums in Britain’s AONBs & National Parks
Knight Frank puts some numbers on the average premiums commanded by the country’s most beautiful landscapes
Mobile phone tycoon’s ‘£250m’ Mayfair mansion nears completion
John Caudwell’s four-year project on Chesterfield Gardens is creating a 45,000 square foot super-home with a ‘river’ running through the dining room…