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Post-lockdown surge in property demand likely to be ‘short-lived’, warns Zoopla
"Active engagement" with property listings has jumped to exceed pre-lockdown levels by some 20%, reports Zoopla - but more than four in ten would-be buyers say they have put moving plans on hold...
The Buying Solution recruits Strutt & Parker man for Southern Counties searches
Jake Civardi has joined Knight Frank's buying agency arm as a Partner, to handle property searches in Hampshire, West Berkshire, Wiltshire and into the West Country.
Deal sealed on £10.8m country-style pile in St John’s Wood
Notable sale recorded on Elm Tree Road in NW8 as the high-end market emerges from lockdown;
Charles Dickens’ clifftop retreat offered for sale as a restoration project
Bleak House, overlooking Viking Bay in Kent, is being pitched as "the perfect canvas for an ambitious renovation project".
Listen: KF’s Victoria Garrett on a high-flying globetrotting career in prime resi
Knight Frank's Head of Residential in the Asia Pacific region, Victoria Garrett, talks through her career from London to Dubai to Singapore, revealing how her teams across Asia have adapted during the…
Recognition at last for Chermayeff’s revered Bentley Wood
Described as 'a regular Rolls-Royce of a house' when it was built in 1938, Serge Chermayeff's newly-listed Modernist gem is considered one of the most important buildings from Britain's inter-war period…
New Chair for the NHBC
After nine years as Chair of the National House-Building Council, Isabel Hudson is making way for Alan Rubenstein.
Foxtons reveals lockdown cost; aims to re-open all branches by 1st June
Estate agency chain aims to complete a phased re-opening of all branches by next Monday. Commission earnings dropped by 44% in the last eight weeks compared to the same period in 2019.
Canadian family office looks to offload second St James’s Park mansion
After selling No.26 Old Queen Street for £15.
‘London’s biggest lockdown deal’: Russian billionaire splashes £15.45m on St James’s Park townhouse
Old Queen Street corker tucked away in spite of challenging conditions; sets new price per square foot record for the area
Chunky price cut for ‘turn-key’ Kent estate
Vendor of extravagant 50-acre estate is prepared to 'walk away' leaving all the fixtures, fittings and furniture intact
High Court quashes Westferry Printworks planning consent
Northern & Shell's 15-acre waterside scheme near Canary Wharf has been sent back to the drawing board.