Format: News
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.        
    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.        
    Topland and Urban Exposure tee up plans for £30m Surrey mansion
            Investment partners Topland Group and Urban Exposure have acquired a cracking 3.4 acre site on the Wentworth Estate in Surrey.        
    Opening Up: KFH adds three new London offices, plans another 20
            Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has announced another three branches in West and South West London, with plans afoot to add 20 more over the next five years.        
    The Heron flies high in the City: 92% sold for £200m+
            The biggest resi development in the Square Mile for 30 years, The Heron on Silk Street, is already 92% sold, bringing in over £200m from apartment sales for its developer Heron International.
        
    Hundred up for Crest Nicholson at Bath Riverside
            Crest Nicholson has been setting a heck of a pace with its latest project in Bath - the firm has now sold 100 units in its "Bath Riverside" development and has announced the launch of the next stage ahead…        
    Tokyo leads luxury residential market slowdown as Europe still struggles – Knight Frank
            The average price of luxury homes in the world’s key cities fell by 0.        
    Lauristons looking to buy
            Lauristons, the LSL-owned West London estate agency, is actively looking to expand by buying other local lettings agents.