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Strutts recruits client services chief
Strutt & Parker has hired a new head for its Client Services team, charged with "unlocking opportunities within the customer database through a consistent and robust contact strategy."
Stock shortage pushes more house-hunters to ‘stop-gap’ rentals
Rental homes are "increasingly being used as a stop-gap by house-hunters faced with a lack of stock to buy," says Hamptons' research chief, Aneisha Beveridge.
Singer reportedly building ‘palatial’ residence in Kensington
Elston Developments and Michaelis Boyd Associates are said to be on the teamsheet.
RBKC neighbourhood records £1m jump in house prices
Kensington & Chelsea was home to six of the top ten London wards with the highest levels of inflation last year - one of which posted a seven-figure increase in the average price.
Record number of £1m+ sales in London
"Happy holiday for luxury London property", declares Coutts bank, as the prolonged Stamp Duty tax break drives record sales in the capital.
Prime property prices outpace mainstream markets in global cities
"We expect the prospect of rising interest rates, government intervention and the withdrawal of stimulus measures to rein in the market’s exuberance in the second half of 2021," says Knight Frank, as…
Leafy Notting Hill leading the way as PCL revives
Prospective Hillbillies are offering up to £1m above pre-pandemic levels, and houses are not even making it to the open market, reports Winkworth.
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22% premium for London homes with a common on the doorstep
Savills analyses prices around the capital’s most cherished green spaces.
Slow planning process causes long project delays for architects
Around a third of architecture practices have seen projects delayed by six months or more as a result of slow planning processes. 7% have seen some projects abandoned altogether.
Buyer & vendor confidence levels stable – OnTheMarket
‘The current housing market heatwave may still have a while to run yet’, says portal.
Major property companies enjoy pandemic-induced revenue boom
Property PLCs including Rightmove, Savills, Foxtons, LSL, Connells, Purplebricks, OnTheMarket and Berkeley Group have seen huge increases in revenue compared to corresponding periods in both 2020 and…