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Estate agents shutter UK branches as Covid-19 spreads
Knight Frank and other major estate agency have temporarily closed all high street offices, pre-empting Government restrictions.
Buyer picks up reimagined Chelsea townhouse, guided at £18m
Claridge Architects & Broby DNA managed to triple the square footage of a modest two-storey property on Shawfield Street, delivering this 6,000 square foot stunner with a frontage of 50 feet.
Chelsea’s Stanley House is seeking over £50m
Grade II* Georgian masterpiece on the Kings Road has undergone a four-year, £11m restoration
Estate agency lambasted for laying off hundreds of staff
Spicerhaart has made over 300 of its staff redundant; reports suggest that multiple branches are to close.
Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on Asia’s residential property markets
China's property market flatlined as a result of the Coronavirus lockdown, but there are already signs of recovery, says Knight Frank.
Mandarin Oriental penthouse in Mayfair fetches a record-breaking £8k psf
UPDATED: UHNW buyer shrugs off global uncertainty to pick up marquee residence at Clivedale London's Mandarin Oriental-branded scheme on Hanover Square
Rental price inflation triples as the North-South divide widens
The average GB rent climbed by 3.3% in the year to March, says Hamptons - three times the pace seen in the previous 12 months.
Infography: Comparing ‘Black Swan’ crisis events
The Covid-19 outbreak is being called a "Black Swan" event - something rare and unexpected that has severe consequences for investors.
Government rolls out unprecedented support package for employers to minimise Covid-19 redundancies
A new Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme promises to cover 80% of PAYE salaries.
Zoopla offers nine months for free – if agents leave Rightmove
Zoopla's two new support offers for agents affected by the Coronavirus crisis are significantly more generous than either Rightmove or OnTheMarket - but they come with caveats...
Rightmove slashes fees by 75% for the next four months
Britain's biggest property portal reacts to industry criticism by significantly improving its Coronavirus response to help estate agents in the face of a sinking property market.