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Cash buyers drop by 20%
Stats from Cluttons show that the number of cash buyers in prime central London dropped by a fifth last year, whilst the proportion of mortgaged buyers doubled
Fine & Country jet-sets into Cannes
The haute monde of top agency Fine & Country will wave goodbye to the miserable British weather later, as they head off to the launch of a glamorous new office on the French Riviera
New blood for Savills Country House Consultancy
Edward Pettit-Mills has joined Savills' Country House Consultancy business as an Associate in Newbury
Grainger and APG launch £349m resi fund
Britain's biggest publicly-traded residential landlord and Europe's largest pension fund asset manager have joined forces to create one of the UK's biggest residential property investment funds
School Rules: Hamptons Academy opens doors
Today sees the launch of a laudable concept from one of our more forward-thinking agencies
Small to medium-sized building firms “on a knife-edge”
More gloom for the construction industry we're afraid
Homes Work: office-to-resi conversions to be planning-free
Converting offices into residential units will no longer need planning permission if rumours are right about about "radical changes to the English planning system." Let the goldrush begin
Deloitte’s property rebrand opens for business
Jonas has left the building. Yesterday saw the first day of "official" trading for Deloitte Real Estate, as the Drivers Jonas Deloitte brand was withdrawn from the international property market.
Triple digit Singapore sales for Battersea Power Station
More than 100 units at London development Battersea Power Station were snapped up by Singaporean property buyers and investors in just one day, in what the developer and agency said were record levels…
Oaktree eyeing a Countrywide float
Britain's biggest estate agency network, Countrywide, is reported to be planning to go public once again
Another new office for Winkworth
Winkworth is carrying on its January expansion with gusto, opening its second new office of the year in Beaconsfield
Black Brick building up to a record year
No sign of a Blue Monday for buying agency Black Brick, which has reported a raft of new domestic and international client sign-ups already this month (interestingly, all owner-occupiers rather than investors)…