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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…
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.
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.
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.
Measuring Up: RICS plans to create International Property Measurement Standards
There's always a bit of give in the measurement of a property's square footage, but where you draw the line can have a huge impact, especially for international buyers who may expect something rather different…
£18m Soane & Lutyens masterpiece graces the market
Arguably Britain's most beautiful country house, the Grade I listed Tyringham Hall, is being offered for sale through Savills Country Department with an £18 million guide price.
Transaction volumes rise 39% over five years – WA Ellis
Thoreau once said that success comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. By this measure, the last five years have been very successful indeed for some PCL agencies - few more so than W.A.