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London’s super-prime property market ‘has very much found its feet again’ as transaction levels remain high
Spending on £10mn+ homes in London has reached a seven-year high, leading Knight Frank's Rory Penn to suggest that 'for now, the super-prime market in London has very much found its feet again.'
Carter Jonas appoints sustainability guru from JLL
After influential spells in the Civil Service and at JLL, Tom Roundell Greene has been hired to lead Carter Jonas's ESG strategy.
UK Build-to-Rent sector set to grow 82% by 2028
Institutional investors are piling into the UK's build-to-rent sector, reports Knight Frank, as the firm highlights 15 areas that present particularly strong opportunities for BtR development.
£10.75mn price tag for rare Cheyne Walk studio house
Designed by Arts & Crafts master CR Ashbee, No.38 is expected to appeal to an art aficionado seeking a slice of the real Old Chelsea.
New lettings head at Savills Teddington
Sophie Candlin has taken over the running of the division from Rory Wallace, at the agency's recently-launched branch in SW London.
John Lewis partners with Abrdn for build-to-rent drive
£500mn joint venture aims to deliver thousands of new rental homes at John Lewis and Waitrose sites.
Mayfair mansion with ‘enormous potential for development’ pitched at £16.5mn
22 Park Street is currently set up as offices, but proposals are in play to return the red-brick townhouse in the heart of Mayfair village to private residential use.
Mansion-sized Chester Square triplex seeks £32mn
Unique residence spanning three buildings on the prestigious Belgravia address is 'both a penthouse and a house'.
Buyers ‘will pay up to 20% premium for low carbon homes’
'With trends now showing that green residential buildings could generate higher purchase and rental premiums, this could represent a major turning point in the way residential housing may be valued in…
Connells Group Chairman Shipperley to retire
Stephen Shipperley has steered Connells Group through some massive growth, including the acquisition of Countrywide in 2021.
Ranked: Britain’s happiest places to live in 2022
St Ives in Cornwall, Galashiels in Scotland and Woodbridge in Suffolk are the happiest places to live right now, according to Rightmove's annual survey
‘This is a low volume market’: Only 12 house sales recorded per week in PCL
Rolling 12-month transaction volumes are some of the lowest on record, reports LCP.