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Connells bolsters senior lettings team with former Foxtons director
Connells Group has revamped its senior letting team, following its acquisition of Countrywide earlier this year.
Ranked: Top ten AONBs by price premium
As the government considers new areas of the countryside for protected status, Knight Frank suggests now might be a good time to invest…
Government scraps EWS1 forms for most buildings under 18 metres
EWS1 forms should not be a requirement on medium- and low-rise buildings, concludes Dame Judith Hackitt's review.
Talking Heads: Agencies react to record HMRC transaction figures
Firms including Savills, Knight Frank, Chestertons & Jackson-Stops offer their thoughts on one of the UK housing market’s biggest ever months, and what the rest of 2021 might have in store…
Inside Knightsbridge Gardens, tipped to be Prime Central London’s ‘stand-out build-to-rent scheme’
The Olayan Group and Chelsfield are delivering a set of 33 luxury rental apartments as part of their reworking of The Knightsbridge Estate.
Foxtons looks to offload its Alexander Hall mortgage arm
High-profile estate agency confirms that it is "reviewing strategic options" for its mortgage business, Alexander Hall.
Knight Frank upgrades global prime price forecasts again
Luxury property price inflation is likely to return to London with gusto next year, predicts the Knight Frank team.
World house prices are ‘overvalued by around 10%’, warn economists
We're in one of the biggest global property booms since 1900, says Oxford Economics, as it warns that "the longer a housing boom continues, the bigger the risk of a large reversal".
Modulous recruits heavyweight design and tech names
Former Squire & Partners and Canary Wharf Group director Chris Hartiss has joined construction "scale-up" company Modulous, as has ex-UBS man Correy Voo.
The Modern House co-founder reveals golden rules of good design
The first trade book by Matt Gibberd, A Modern Way to Live: 5 Design Principles from The Modern House, is being published later this year.
Savills makes raft of London sales appointments
The agency has installed a new head of office in Victoria Park and new department heads in Battersea Park, Wandsworth and Richmond.
‘Welcome return of BTR’ boosts London’s new-build sector
Construction starts and sales rose in Q2, while construction completions were the highest in a couple of years, reports Molior.