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New Iberian head for Engel & Völkers to drive Portuguese expansion
Engel & Völkers has set a significant growth plan in progress across Spain and Portugal, recruiting a new Director of Sales & Expansion and announcing an intention to open 38 new shops by the end of…
McGrath masterpiece hits the market at £9m
Breathlessly described as "one of the finest and most iconic houses to have been built in Britain in the first half of the 20th century", the remarkable St Ann's Court has just been listed on the open…
Current market conditions ‘ripe for opportunistic foreign investors’
Development consultancy Arcadis has joined the voices predicting a boost for the UK's prime resi market as sterling continues to take a beating in the wake of the Brexit vote.
Mortgage lender recruits Engineering VP to scale up tech side of the business
Specialist mortgage lender Lendinvest has hired its first VP of Engineering to help "scale up the technology side of the business."
Mike Nuttall joins the firm from online printing company Moo.
Profits wilt at St Modwen; NCGM developer adopts ‘cautious approach’ post-referendum
St Modwen has posted a pre-tax profit of £30m for the six months to May, which is well down on the £206m recorded in the same period last year, although that did include a massive one-off £128m…
Howard Kennedy hires top super-prime construction lawyer
One of the best-known construction lawyers on the super-prime scene
Princes Gate mansion asks £27.5m
An "opulent" stucco-fronted house on Knightsbridge's exclusive Princes Gate has been put up for sale with a guide price of £27.5m.
Opera Houses: Emaar debuts Dubai mega-laterals in London
UAE developer Emaar Properties has decided to launch its super-ambitious new tower scheme at a no-expense-spared showcase at Harrods of London.
Commercial property emerges as the sick man of Brexit
The commercial property sector looks to be having the worst of it in the immediate aftermath of Britain's vote to leave the EU: three four six major investment funds have pulled up drawbridges as private…
Allsop recruits Savills man to lead Resi Development team
Independent property consultancy and the UK's biggest property auction house Allsop has hired a former Director at Savills to head up its Residential Development team.
Architects lay off staff as uncertainty bites
It's being reported that top architecture practices have been laying off staff as a result of the events of the last few weeks.
The Four Month Window: London property market to revert to status quo ‘by the autumn’
Charles Curran expects the capital's prime property market to revert to the status quo by the autumn, providing a buying opportunity over the summer for some, but there is an underlying problem that…