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Lifetime Achievement Award for £3bn Man Abrahmsohn
Trevor Abrahmsohn, founder of Glentree Estates, "Lord of Bishop's Avenue" and, more importantly, PrimeResi columnist, scooped the Lifetime Achievement Award at last night's glitzy Spear's Wealth Management…
Boom in residential conversions as planning approvals hit record levels
The number of office sites being converted to domestic accommodation is set to rise significantly over the next two years - primarily in Central London - driven by the continuing rise in residential values,…
London Private Client Networking Evening: 01/11/2012
November's London Private Client Networking Evening is all set to kick off tomorrow night in the private suite of the Balls Brother's Carey Lane venue.
Mayfair penthouse sells for £19.5m (a 400% price increase in 16 years)
A penthouse on Park Lane has just sold for £19.5m, breaking the £4,000 per square foot barrier and achieving a 400 per cent appreciation since being sold by the same agent in 1996.
Rise in number of property millionaires
43 per cent of properties in prime areas of London are now worth £1m, up from 34.6 per cent a year ago, according to new research from Marsh & Parsons.
£60m prime resi opportunity for Cavendish Square?
A 63,000 square foot block at 19 Cavendish Square has just been put on the market for £60m with Whitmarsh Holt Young, Savills and Jones Lang LaSalle.
@HenryPryor’s Top Tweeters
The busiest man on Twitter, Henry Pryor (@henrypryor), has been hard at work compiling a list of the top (or at least most active) property agent Tweeters.
New “Gateway to Southwark” planned
Global asset management firm The Carlyle Group is planning to go big in Southwark: the firm is due to submit detailed plans for a 1.
New Ladbroke Grove branch for John D Wood
Prime estate agency John D Wood & Co. is all set to open its newest (and sixteenth) London office in Ladbroke Grove on 6th November.
£1m+ sales volume up 13%
It's the twentieth working day of the month, which means one thing - Land Registry Data.
Try before you buy
High-end holiday / property company Clarenco is trying to entice buyers for a bunch of its luxury and unusual properties by offering prospective purchasers the chance to try before they buy...
Changing Rooms: the shape-shifting house
You know those clients who always seem to change their mind about what they want from a new home? We may have found the answer...