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Prices in Crossrail “walkzones” already steaming ahead – Knight Frank
Knight Frank’s current market forecast tips prime central London prices to rise by 31% over the next five years, but anywhere within a "walkzone" of a new Crossrail station could see values rocket by…
Moving On Up: Cluttons announces 24 new promotions
Be prepared for a run on the Pimms later; Cluttons has announced a bumper batch of new promotions, including five new partners.
Grosvenor launches premium rental project on Duke Street
If your clients have had their fill of Formica and black vinyl sofas, Grosvenor's brand new 16-unit "premium rental product" at 65 Duke Street in Mayfair (launched at a swanky soirée last night) claims…
British buyers are back – EA Shaw
Central London agency (and now part of CBRE of course) EA Shaw has flagged up the return of UK buyers, the popularity of new builds and plenty of action in the £1m-£2m price bracket throughout its prominent…
Evans Randall buys into London resi with £110m buying spree
Private equity group Evans Randall has made it's first foray into the UK residential market, acquiring three apartments on Sackville Street and a six-unit development project on Queen Street, both in Mayfair,…
No surprises in Countrywide PLC’s first results
Countrywide's first financial results as a PLC are "in line with expectations," showing a 1% drop in total income to £121m, driven, the company says, by the end of the stamp duty holiday in Q1 2012.
RESI Awards 2013: The Winners
And they're in. The winners of Property Week's RESI Awards 2013, announced last night with all kinds of glitz and glam at the Park Lane Hilton, are:
Outstanding Achievement Award
Buying Solution strengthens Home Counties team
The Buying Solution has bolstered its Home Counties team by appointing the excellently-named Freddie Mack to cover the key areas of Guildford, Haslemere and Farnham.
Freddie Mack
Management Expectations: Chesterton Humberts lands a pair of Grainger contracts
Behemothic resi landlord Grainger PLC has awarded two more significant management contracts to Chesterton Humberts.
Edinburgh “has a property market again” as transactions jump
“Extremely positive and encouraging” results from the latest quarterly Registers of Scotland report indicate that Edinburgh's property market is reeling for the better.
To the Market: Notting Hill stock levels double as £2m+ buyers go shopping
Here's something you don't hear every day: so far this year, new stock levels in Kensington & Chelsea have improved dramatically.
Next Gen Knightsbridge: 40% of rentals are to wealthy 20-somethings – Strutt & Parker
39% of rentals through Strutt & Parker's Knightsbridge office over the last few months have been to monied 20-somethings, who, the agent says, typically spend £1,563 per week on a two-bed flat.