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New hire for Strutt & Parker Knightsbridge
Strutt & Parker has snagged one of the top names in PCL resi sales with the appointment of Casper Tham from Sotheby's.
Casper Tham
High Commission: Canada to sell One Grosvenor Square
Number One Grosvenor Square, currently the Canadian High Commission, is to be sold off for either residential or hotel use.
Zoopla buys Mirror property portals for £3.3m
DMGT's Zoopla Property Group has bought Trinity Mirror's digital property arm, including four property portals, for a reported £3.3m.
Covent Garden average prices breach £1,500 psf in bumper quarter for EA Shaw
It sounds like EA Shaw has had a good run following its acquisition by CBRE, with the agent's latest quarterly residential report showing rises in demand, prices and transactions across the board.
Latest property slump was no worse than the last two – ONS
"Real house prices have been broadly flat since 2009", according to the latest Economic Review from the Office of National Statistics, with the fall in resi construction being "similar in scale to previous…
Dragonfly lands £1m McQueen renovation deal
Stopgap lender Dragonfly has been involved in a pretty high-profile project on Dunraven Street, Mayfair...
Haymarket launches Placemaking Awards
The publisher of Planning and Regeneration & Renewal magazines and has announced another property awards event: The Placemaking Awards.
Hamptons opens up for Hyde Park and Bayswater
Hamptons has opened up a major new resi sales office to cover the vogueish Hyde Park and Bayswater areas, taking the estate agency's London sales network to 29 offices - nine of which have opened within…
RBKC scuppers Notting Hill uber-basement plans after celebrity brouhaha
Kensington & Chelsea planners have rejected proposals for a subterranean extension under an £8m Notting Hill house, after an outcry from celebrity neighbours.
Downsizing tops Rightmove’s reasons to sell
Rightmove has quizzed 4,000 people who plan to sell their property within the next year to get a feel for their motivations...
The portal asked:
Core Market: Investor snaps up Apple Apartments scheme for £10.2m
A Middle Eastern buy-to-let investor has snapped up the entire Apple Apartments development at 94 Baker Street in one fell swoop.
Knight Frank strengthens super-prime development team
Knight Frank has scored a major coup by hiring former Sotheby's man Peter Bevan to enrich its super-prime new homes team.
Peter Bevan