Knight Frank posts record profit amid ‘extraordinary’ year
Group’s latest set of annual results show a 23% boost in pre-tax profit, but turnover slipping by 7%; UK resi division outperforms, with highlights including the sale of a £55m townhouse at Chelsea Barracks.
Knight Frank star Dawes launches boutique agency
Harry Dawes has been running Knight Frank’s flagship resi office on Sloane Avenue for the last four years, and brokered some of London’s largest property deals.
Interview: Knight Frank’s Tim Hyatt on team morale, market resilience & the future of estate agency
On April 1st 2020, when the UK had been in lockdown for exactly nine days, Tim Hyatt took over the management of Knight Frank’s UK residential business and joined the group executive board.
Knight Frank trumpets record results in regional hubs; plots big expansion for the regional Resi Development business
“Regional property and development is going to drive the UK’s post-Covid-19 recovery over the coming years," says Knight Frank, as the firm reveals plans to grow its regional Residential Development…
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Key player joins leadership team as 140-year-old agency ramps up prime & super-prime ambitions.
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Boost for embattled PCL market as 19th century Italianate mansion sets 2025 benchmark.
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DDRE expands into the North West to tap growing UHNW market
Brokerage moves to meet 'new wave' of demand for high-value homes across Cheshire, Merseyside, the Wirral & Greater Manchester.
London Square bags planning for prime Battersea project
Waterfront site opposite the Chelsea Embankment - derelict for a decade - is to deliver 118 new homes.
Knight Frank expands in East Anglia
Georgie Veale has moved from the London-based Country Department to head up the agency's new operation in Suffolk.
Brokerage hires ex-Chestertons director to head new business development arm
Harding Green’s new tech-driven division aims to provide self-employed agents with ‘corporate-level’ lead flow.
Super-prime St John’s Wood townhouse pitched as ‘possibly the best value home in the area’
Multi-million-pound price cut makes 'ambassadorial' Hamilton Terrace residence one of PCL’s best deals, says agency.
‘Magnificent’ renovated Gothic Manor in the Cotswolds seeks buyer
This is the first time Stanley Park has been offered for sale as a single residence, following a huge restoration & a rockstar rental.
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Draker & KFH combine to create ‘one powerful agency’
The two London estate agencies have been co-branded following their recent acquisitions by Lomond.
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