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Global housing markets continue to climb, despite everything
"Global housing markets have wrongfooted us this quarter," says the Knight Frank research team, as property markets continued to post strong growth.
UK Finance: ‘House purchase activity looks to have returned to pre-pandemic norms – for now’
"It is too early to predict when escalating cost-of-living pressures will begin to bear down on effective demand," says UK Finance.
AML platform Thirdfort secures more heavyweight backing
Credit intelligence company Pepper Advantage has followed the likes of Mischon de Reya, Savills and Knight Frank in backing risk management service Thirdfort.
Middleton adds to prime London team
Agency bolsters line-up in the capital with new recruits from Strutt & Parker & Anderson Rose.
Major player backs ‘off-market’ property app
Nokkel has created a profile for nearly all of the UK’s 28 million residential properties, and is now FNZ's 'exclusive provider of property solutions'.
Winkworth’s revenue slumps from 2021’s ‘extraordinarily strong’ performance
"Our first half results are not flattered by the comparison with the extraordinarily strong first half of 2021," comments CEO Dominic Agace, "but show that our business has developed well since the last…
KFH recruits new Land & New Homes Director
Mark Faure has been given a brief to "substantially expand" KFH's new homes operation in London.
Sturgeon imposes winter rent freeze & eviction ban in Scotland
We need "action on a scale similar to the initial Covid response," says First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
New lettings head at Knight Frank’s Hyde Park office
Sofia Lira Salas joined the agency in 2019 and became the first person to complete 100 deals in PCL during a single financial year.
£16mn price tag for Georgian gem with views of Blenheim Palace
The 'remarkable' Woodleys is on the market for the first time in 141 years.
Bridging lending rises as deals take longer
The total value of bridging loan lending in the UK has jumped 22% in the past year, according to analysis by mortgage broker Henry Dannell, with the purchase of an investment property being the most common…
Truss names Cabinet team, with Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor & Simon Clarke on Housing
Kwasi Kwarteng is the new Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister Liz Truss, while Simon Clarke has the housing brief as Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Secretary.