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Ronson’s Riverwalk scheme tops out
Yesterday was topping out day for Ronson Capital Partners' "organically-shaped" Riverwalk scheme in Westminster, which has already sold 65% of its 116 apartments off-plan.
Globalisation Vs Protectionism: Prime International Residential Index
"Those lucky enough to have property in the US are unlikely to have any complaints," says Knight Frank in its newly enlarged Prime International Residential Index (PIRI), as the agency ranks and rates…
Canburg recruits Linley man to head up prime developments drive
Canburg, the owner of Smallbone of Devizes and Mark Wilkinson Furniture, has hired Iain O’Mahony from Linley as a Director for Prime Developments for London, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
British Property Federation sets out ideas to ‘turbo boost’ the property industry
The next government needs to "turbo boost" the property industry, says the British Property Federation, as it outlines a few ideas on how do just that in its new General Election Manifesto.
EJ Harris to double in size as PCL lettings boom continues
A combo of Stamp Duty reform and election wobbles have generated a 30% increase in vendors looking to let rather than sell over the last two years, according to one PCL lettings agency.
Big spenders, high flyers and real estate buyers: The Wealth Report 2015
The ranks of the global super-rich are growing, Knight Frank tells us in its flagship annual report, and the UK is playing Mecca to the money - for now.
Next in Prime: Clerkenwell makes list of global hotspots to watch
Knight Frank has picked out five areas around the world poised become prime resi hotspots over the next few years, tipping New York's West Street, Cape Town's Main Road, Dubai's Business Bay, Hong Kong's Sai…
How many square metres of luxury resi does US$1m buy around the world?
Monaco – for the eighth consecutive year – has been confirmed as the most expensive city to buy luxury property in the world, with US$1m affording just 17 square metres of accommodation.
Luxury resi agency John Taylor opens up in Madrid
Top-end real estate brand John Taylor has opened up a new office on Madrid's "Golden Mile".
Come What May: Debating the politics of property
A room full of the property industry's great and good held their own mini-election in Mayfair yesterday. The result was - perhaps predictably - something of a landslide.
Mansion tax creates ‘two-speed market’ in prime central London
Prices across PCL nudged up (just) for the first time since September in February, says Knight Frank, but there's a marked difference between the sub-£2m bracket and anything over £5m, where mansion…
PCL rental growth hits three year high, but caution is ‘the dominant mood’
"The dominant mood in the prime central London lettings market in February was one of caution," says Knight Frank, despite rental price growth hitting a three-year high in February.
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