Format: News
Savills’ Development Director joins Candy & Candy
Savills Director of National Development, Simon Stone, has jumped ship to Candy & Candy.
Money Where Your House Is: British property millionaires up by a third in 2013
The number of £1m+ homes in the UK increased by 31% to 92,985 this year; that's 255 new property millionaires a day, according to Zoopla. 1.
Mansion Block: Mayfair mansion house sales stall as apartment interest rises
Mayfair resi sales are 25% up on last year, but are still 75% below their 2007 boom-time peak, according to the area's top estate agent Wetherell's (with a 25% market share according to Lonres) review…
What does £10m get you in the best bits of London these days?
According to Beauchamp Estates and Dataloft, the average price paid per square foot for London properties over the £10m mark has increased by a chunky 27% since 2011, rising from £2,400 per square foot…
2014 is “the year to move”: Asking prices to rise by 6-8%; transactions by 10% – Rightmove
Rightmove is predicting that asking prices will rise by somewhere between 6% and 8% next year, as stock shortages continue to plague the market.
Classy-fied Advertising: £10.5m penthouse goes on Gumtree
Rummaging around the vintage bikes and "brand new" headphones on bric-a-brac behemoth Gumtree.com, bargain hunters may have been surprised to see a super-prime penthouse lurking in last week's listings.
English Rose partners with Topland on Strand office-to-resi scheme
English Rose Estates, which bought 406-408 Strand for £11.625m back in October, has made the 13-unit scheme into a joint venture with Sol Zakay's Topland Group.
The £38m treehouse (tree not included)
Just as George "amaazing" Clarke finishes off his £100,000 sewage pipe treehouse in Northumberland, someone swoops in and perches on a (much) higher branch, building a £38m treehouse complete with rooftop…
Homeowners’ house price confidence hits five-year high
Homeowners are more positive about house prices now than at any time in the last five years, according to Knight Frank's latest Sentiment Survey.
Agents’ Mutual hits “critical mass” in North-East
Agents Mutual is pulling out a regional sprint finish as the new property portal's Gold Membership deadline looms (seven days to go).
EG Awards 2013: The Winners
The annual Estates Gazette Awards were dished out at a snazzy do on Park Lane last night, with Jones Lang, British Land, Savills and Berkeley walking off with the top resi gongs.
Bills, Bills, Bills: How much does it cost to run a London mansion?
Felix Dennis' overused quote "if it floats, flies or fornicates, always rent it" should really have included something about London mansions, going by Beauchamp Estates' latest research.