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Prime global rental growth hits five-year low
There's been "a notable slowdown" in top-end rents around the world over the last quarter, says Knight Frank, as the agency's Prime Global Rental Index records its weakest annual growth rate since 2009.
Senior reshuffle for Knight Frank’s regional Residential Development department
Knight Frank has rejigged its Residential Development department, making a bunch of senior new hires and moving some people around internally as part of a recruitment drive "which will see the department…
Changes at the top for Grainger
The CEO of Grainger has announced he is to retire after a two decade stint at the firm.
Veyo to Go: New conveyancing portal races out of the traps
It sounds like pretty much half the conveyancing firms in the country are already sold on the Law Society’s new portal, Veyo.
Brighton’s Hanningtons Estate ‘a snip’ at £50m
A significant chunk of Brighton's old town has been put up for sale.
The former Hanningtons Department store in Brighton
RBKC names new planning chief
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has appointed a new Executive Director for Planning and Borough Development to replace the outgoing Jonathan Bore.
Flurry of sales for political pied-a-terres
Three separate pied-a-terres in one of Westminster’s most popular residential blocks for MPs have gone under offer within two weeks of each other, as the countdown to the General Election begins.
Marylebone property firms muck in to restore community garden
Some of Marylebone's top property firms joined forces last week to help restore a rundown community facility on Lisson Grove.
Vote Building: How is the election affecting London’s residential development market?
Central London's property market "is still busy below £1m but has quietened between £1.
Period Passivhaus: Grosvenor retrofits create London’s greenest period rental properties
Following up on its BREEAM Outstanding-rated retrofit in Belgravia, Grosvenor is bringing home even more from the sustainability front, retrofitting three rental properties in Mayfair and Belgravia…
97% more Londoners look to buy in Edinburgh
Property prices in Edinburgh rose by 1.2% between January and March 2015, to take annual growth to +4.1%, as buyers look to complete deals ahead of tomorrow's (1st April) tax changes, says Knight Frank.
Mayfair set to breach £6,000 psf this year as Indian investors drive the market up
NW8-based boutique agency Rescorp Residential has netted a £5,000 psf sale on South Audley Street W1, and predicts that Mayfair prices will breach £6,000 psf by the end of the year as Indian investors move…