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“Exceptionally strong” luxury property sales volumes in London, Miami and New York
"The story for 2013 is about sales volume, not pricing growth," says a new report from Christie's International Real Estate and Strutt & Parker, as median prices in three of the world's top luxury destinations…
PCL rents finally on the rise as economy rebounds
Prime central London rents rose for the first time in 21 months in January, according to Knight Frank.
It was only a 0.2% increase, but that's still the biggest since September 2011.
Caan’s L+M recruits new finance and development head
James Caan’s development and construction consultancy Leadership and Management (L+M), part of his HBRE empire, has hired Joseph Sherratt as Head of Bank Finance and Development Monitoring.
KFH sets up shop in Clapham
KFH has added another office to its burgeoning network, as the firm's "aggressive" expansion plans continue apace.
Biggest ever January for househunting as Rightmove reports 500 pageviews per second
All ten of Rightmove's busiest ever days were recorded last month (January 2014), spiking with one big day of over 50 million pageviews - that's more than 500 pages viewed every second.
Zoopla could announce floatation “within weeks”
UPDATE: Sounds like things are moving along... Today's DMGT Interim Statement flags up that "The Board of the Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) is exploring various strategic options for ZPG. As a 52.
New Resi Investment Director for Chesterton Humberts
Chesterton Humberts has appointed Paul Belson as its new Residential Investment Director.
Video: London’s Ring of Change
Knight Frank's commercial team has produced a rather nifty video that highlights how London's landscape will be transformed by 2020 thanks to "billions of pounds spent on new infrastructure ...
Brace of record penthouse sales for Aston Chase
North London agency Aston Chase has been having a cracking start to the year, tucking away two record-breaking penthouse apartments in St John's Wood within a couple of days of each other.
Luxury Property Show bought for “six-figure sum”
Eton Events' annual champagne and real estate shindig - The Luxury Property Show - has been snapped up by a Daventry-based multimedia company.
Curb Appeal: Think tank calls for restrictions on overseas buyers
A leading think tank has pitched the idea of setting up a "non-resident housing investment agency" to limit property purchases by wealthy foreign buyers and keep a lid on the capital's house prices.
London Square buys Parsons Green office-to-resi site
Developer London Square has bought pretty niftily-located site at 100 New Kings Road in Parsons Green with plans to turn the office block into 25 residential units.
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