Format: News
Portal Authority: Leeming joins Belvoir
Property portal pioneer Nick Leeming has joined Belvoir Lettings as the company's second Non-Executive Director (NED), after leaving Zoopla earlier this year (as reported by PrimeResi here).
Content Kings: KFH magazine scoops another award
Kinleigh Folkhard & Hayward is reaping the benefits of investing in its Completely London publication, as the title picked up yet another prize, this time at last night's International Content Marketing…
SBID International Design Awards
Winners of the prestigious 2012 SBID International Design Awards - including 1508 for its sterling work at The Knightsbridge - will finally get their hands on their silverware (crystal trophies actually)…
More stormy weather for insurance industry and waterfront properties
The current flood of floods across the UK is highlighting just how close next June's expiry of the Government's Statement of Principles (SoP) is, and, after this week's talks about a publicly-funded backstop…
PropertyWeek’s Top 100 Tweeters
Clever old PropertyWeek has put together a comprehensive rundown of the top tweeps in the property universe. Cue some cross-referencing with Henry Pryor's (more resi-centric) uberlist here.
Land Registry data out; £1m+ volumes up and some monster deals in West London
All the latest juicy data from the Land Registry is out, showing the number of properties sold in England and Wales for over £1m in August 2012 was up 12% to 843 from 753 in the same month last year.
There’s more offshore: The Guardian names “secret” property owners
The Guardian has named a batch of "secret" property barons who it claims own UK properties through offshore firms based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
Blog standards: nominations open for property blog awards
Nominations for the fourth annual PrimeLocation.com Property Blog Awards have just opened, celebrating wordsmithery across the property blogosphere.
Recipe for an offer
In news that will send shockwaves through living rooms across the country, Hamptons International has found the kitchen to be the most important part of the house for potential buyers.
Oakvest submits “responsible” Grosvenor Gardens plans; spending £7m on facade alone
Reputedly where the Queen Mother was born, Grosvenor Gardens House in Belgravia is set to undergo a right royal restoration, with comprehensive plans currently being submitted by prime developer Oakvest.
Made in Chelsea: Aylesford International flogs £40m in a month
Flurry of heavyweight deals
A Taste For Luxury: The million pound kitchen
Master craftsman Claudio Celiberti and celeb' cook Aldo Zilli unveiled "the world’s most expensive kitchen ever created" last night at One Mayfair. It costs £1 million.