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Country Life delves into property archives for 125th anniversary
The venerable weekly first hit the shelves in January 1897, and has since carried adverts for some of Britain’s most significant country house sales
Withers recruits prime property specialist from Howard Kennedy
Pervaze Ahmed was previously in charge of Howard Kennedy’s resi property team in London
In Pictures: Inside an ‘idiosyncratic’ 5,700 sq ft apartment at Finchatton’s Twenty Grosvenor Square
Grandiose five-bed at the world’s first standalone Four Seasons Private Residences has been curated ‘as if it were a gallery’
West London agency puts through £168m of deals in ‘record’ year
Longstanding Brook Green-based firm Finlay Brewer had its best-ever year in 2021, with 110 properties sold and six local price records set
Octagon eying new sites as new-build market shapes up
Luxury housebuilder has seen some 'extremely lively' sales activity in recent months
Sancus builds UK business development team
Niche property finance firm has recruited four new faces in the last few months.
Scotland’s prime property market set to stay hot in 2022
“We’ve seen significant competition for homes throughout the year and I can’t see that changing in 2022,” says Edward Douglas-Home, head of Scottish residential at Knight Frank.
Country houses out-performed in 2021, but PCL’s property market is primed to ‘bounce rapidly’ this year
Savills expects prime regional price growth to moderate this year, while Prime Central London prices feel ready to surge upwards.
Global cities record highest rate of house price inflation for almost 17 years
Of the 150 cities tracked by Knight Frank's Prime Global Cities Index, 93% saw prices increase over the 12-month period, and 44% saw prices increase by more than 10%.
Prices soar by nearly a quarter in the world’s tallest building
Average prices in the Burj Khalifa are still 30% below 2014 peak levels
London’s super-prime resi market to boom in 2022 as agents line up £100m mega-listings
Around half a dozen homes valued at up to £100m are due to be listed for sale in the coming months.
Mortgage lending bounces to nearer-normal levels
67,000 home purchase mortgages were approved in November, according to the Bank of England; the lowest figure since June 2020, but near the 12-month average up to February 2020.