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CBRE names new Head of UK Research
Real estate giant CBRE has hired a big gun to head up its UK research team.
The firm has announced the appointment of Miles Gibson from the Wolfson Economics Prize, where he is currently Prize Director.
Savills recruits wealth guru to launch Family Office Services practice
Savills has recruited a Big Cheese from the wealth management industry to establish a new Family Office Services (FOS) practice, with the aim of extending the property firm's reach into the extreme but…
New Head of Lettings for Waterfords
Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire estate agency Waterfords has recruited a new Head of Lettings.
Better Together: Scottish property market will ‘gain strength’ after a No vote
Strutt & Parker has hoisted its colours in the Scottish independence debate: they're red, white and blue.
‘London is an evergreen market and a must have for [Singaporean] property investors’ – JLL
Singaporean buying interest in London property remains high (writes Romesh Navaratnarajah, Singapore Editor of PropertyGuru Group) although a slight slowdown is expected this year due to constraints…
Transaction levels charge as prices carry on up – Land Reg
House prices have risen by 1.7% since June, taking the annual rate of growth in July to +7.2%, according to the latest batch of stats from the Land Registry.
SUP-er Prime: Agency takes on paddleboard challenge
The sport of paddleboarding has come a long way since Jennifer Aniston first made her way across a turquoise Hawaiian bay back in 2007.
‘Iconic’ 420-bed Earls Court hostel hits the market for £27.5m
A mega-instruction of four interlinked Victorian houses spanning Barkston Gardens and Courtfield Gardens has just become available at a smidgen over £800 per square foot.
Foxtons shares drop despite decent H1 performance
Foxtons plc had a pretty good first half of the year, with Group revenue up 16.2% to £72.8m (2013: £62.6m) and pre-tax profits jumping by 57.1% to £23.1m (2013: £14.7m).
Homeward Bound: The West End’s 1.8m sq ft office-to-resi pipeline
Just under 800,000 sq ft of West End offices were converted into homes in 2013, says Colliers International, with another 1.82m sq ft of conversion projects now in the homeward-bound pipeline.
No summer lull for Black Brick as client base ‘doubles’
Mayfair-based buying outfit Black Brick isn't having much trouble bagging new business by the sounds of it.
City & Country lands £25m Grade I-listed Jacobean mansion
Residential developer City & Country has just bought one of the country's most important period mansions - the Grade I-listed Police College at Bramshill in Hampshire - for an undisclosed sum.