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Change at the top for St Modwen’s resi operations
St. Modwen, the property developer and regeneration specialist behind New Covent Garden and Wembley Central, has made a couple of changes to its senior residential team.
Relationship with property ‘has permanently changed’ as regional markets fragment
"The fragmented nature of the regional market became very apparent" this year, says Carter Jonas, as house prices soared past their pre-crash high-points in the South and East, but continued to languish…
John Taylor debuts in Germany with new Berlin base
Luxury real estate brokerage John Taylor has boosted its tally of global offices to 21 after opening up a Berlin operation.
Deverell Smith plans 100% expansion as demand for property recruitment services ‘soars’
The market may still be in choppy waters, but it doesn't sound like property firms are battening down the hatches just yet - far from it in fact.
Mayfair Play: £2 billion Audley Square scheme recommended for approval
Plans to turn a grotty Mayfair car park into a 296,000 square foot neo-classical scheme worth an estimated £2bn have received the initial thumbs up from Westminster planners.
Zoopla reports record profits and rising membership in ‘transformational year’
Zoopla has turned in some pretty solid annual results, with chunky increases in both revenues and profits.
Revenue was up 34% to £107.
Agency predicts top ten buyer ‘must haves’ for 2016
Buying agency Stacks has been brainstorming the features it expects buyers to be putting at the top of their search briefs next year.
A 'proper' pantry
South Ken garden up for auction at £175k
One of SW7's loveliest communal gardens is due to go under the hammer later this month.
Sotheby’s ramps up RDI activity with raft of high-profile launches
The UK arm of Sotheby's International Realty has been upping its Resi Development & Investment game lately, bagging instructions across three new high-end schemes in London.
Balfour Beatty bags No. 1 Palace Street pre-construction gig
Balfour Beatty has won a key contract at Northacre's highly-anticipated new scheme in St James’s Park.
Sphere Estates to launch after Abercrombie & Kent management buyout
Luxury travel brand Abercrombie & Kent's property arm - Abercrombie & Kent International Estates - is morphing into a new operation - Sphere Estates - following a management buyout by the company's General…
Buy-to-Let Stamp Duty: What the new surcharge means for the property market
After George Osborne used his Autumn Statement to drop a surprise bombshell on the property investment sector, tacking an extra 3% SDLT levy on second homes and buy-to-let properties, Savills has produced…