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Reapit’s Barker steps down to join Micheal Bruce’s ‘Launch B’ start-up
Gary Barker has left Reapit after 13 years to join Purplebricks-founder Michael Bruce's "data led, disruptive & Greenfield start-up" in Birmingham.
Demand for development land ‘remains robust’
"Many new [residential development] sites are being soft marketed to test the appetite in the market," reports Savills, "and some have been launched now avoid competition with other sites later in the…
Developer sought for super-prime multi-townhouse scheme opposite Harrods
Freehold plot in ‘one of the world’s most iconic locations’ has planning for five new residences with a combined GIA of 19,000 square feet
Post-lockdown buyer surge prompts agency to reconsider forecasts
More positive noises from the front line as Chestertons reports a 46% jump in new applicants and takes another look at its price predictions for 2020;
Real estate advisory service launched for sports pros
London Belgravia Group has set up a specialist division to handle property investments for retiring sports stars.
NCA ‘reassessing’ use of UWOs
Targeting PEPs and oligarchs has proven ‘much more difficult than expected’
Boltons bolthole pitched at £6.5m
Neighbouring mansions in Chelsea's most exclusive enclave go for an average of £32.5m, but have been known to fetch significantly more...
Economists predict ‘a slow recovery in activity, but a relatively benign outcome for house prices’
House prices are likely to fall by 7% as a result of Covid-19, predicts Oxford Economics - but the risks are "heavily skewed" towards much, much bigger price falls of almost 40%...
Super-rich call on international governments to ‘please Tax us. Tax us. Tax us.”
"Tax increases on the wealthy and greater international tax transparency are essential for a viable long-term solution" to inequalities highlighted by the Covid-19 crisis, declare a group of 83 "millionaires…
‘Signs of life’ in Prime London as activity returns & prices hold up
The number of properties going under offer in June was just 5% below last year’s levels, reports LonRes, while achieved prices were only marginally down...
Northacre confident in PCL’s appeal as enquiries soar
The 33-year-old firm developing two of London’s landmark prime resi schemes saw a threefold increase in sales enquiries in H1 2020, and is expecting demand to rise as supply levels shrink
Countrywide investor pitches major employee share giveaway; warns ‘the company may not survive current challenges’
Jeremy Hosking has called on Countrywide Chairman Peter Long to hand staff 15% of the company "as an incentive to spark a turnaround."