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‘Two speed’ rental market emerges as affluent areas recover from lockdown fastest
More affluent areas have seen markedly more lettings market activity since the end of the Spring Coronavirus lockdown than Britain's less wealthy locations.
Which areas of the UK have seen the biggest asking price rises post-lockdown?
The South West and the Cotswolds have been getting all the attention, but asking prices in Yorkshire & The Humber have risen by more than any other region since the market re-opened in May...
America’s corner of Regent’s Park could smash London’s house price record
Negotiations are reportedly underway over the future of Winfield House, the official residence of the United States ambassador to the Court of St James’s, with Donald Trump said to be taking a keen…
John D Wood sets up a new country division
145-year-old agency responds to pandemic-driven surge in demand for properties beyond the capital...
Paris mansion sold to African monarch for ‘over €80m’
King Mohammed of Morocco is said to have bought a 12-bed pile by the Eiffel Tower from a member of the Saudi royal family...
Savills Director to row the Atlantic in aid of mental health
Savills man Alex Soskin is aiming to break the transatlantic rowing record in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, while raising funds for Mind and the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation.
Housebuilder Galliard is ‘exploring a sale of the company’
It's being reported that Stephen Conway is angling to sell part or all of the housebuilding firm he co-founded in 1992, with a company valuation that could tickle £1bn.
£9m instruction snapped up after 152 weeks on the market
Handsome Victorian house in St. John’s Wood has been a feature of the NW8 inventory since 2017.
Covers come off major Grosvenor Square façade restoration
Hoardings have just been removed from Lodha's No.1 Grosvenor Square scheme, revealing the painstakingly-restored historic frontage to one of the capital's most lavish new developments.
Knight Frank revises PCL rental forecasts as market starts to shift
Values have now fallen by -8.1% in a year in the capital's most expensive postcodes - the biggest fall over a 12-month period in more than a decade - but the agency sees a turnaround on the cards in 2021...
Savills builds on sustainable ‘farming tower’ initiative
The agency has been working with non-profit organisation Rethink Food on the education programme since last year.
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