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Unmod & unlisted Little Venice mansion pitched at £9.8m
5,300 square foot project sits on a corner plot opposite the Regent’s Canal.
Countrywide enlists headhunters to ‘hunt for a new boss’
Sky News has reported that Countrywide Plc is searching for a new Chief Executive to replace Paul Creffield, and that Chairman Peter Long will also "step back" at some point.
Estate agents are ‘de facto agents of the Russian state’, claims Parliamentary report
There's "a growth industry of ‘enablers’ including lawyers, accountants, and estate agents who are – wittingly or unwittingly – de facto agents of the Russian state", according to the Intelligence & Securi…
Cornish hotel acquired for prime resi scheme
Acquisition of Treglos Hotel near Padstow demonstrates strong appetite for exploring alternative uses, says Savills
Development land values could be in for a ‘sharp rebound’
PCL, greenfield and urban brownfield development land values all fell in Q2, reports Knight Frank, but indicators point to a pick-up post-lockdown...
153 $10m+ sales worth $3.2bn: How the world’s super-prime markets fared under lockdowns
Activity may have plunged, but global super-prime property markets "outperformed expectations" under lockdown, reports Knight Frank, with 153 sales going through above $10m since March.
Wired: Russia blazed a trail for Chinese oligarchs to nab London property
"Most of the capital’s prime property is now bought by wealthy Chinese," writes journalist Chris Stokel-Walker for Wired magazine, and "you can't move in London for Russian oligarchs."
Incredible former rectory in Clerkenwell fetches over £7m
Benchmark-setting East End deal completes mid-Covid...
Significant leasehold reform proposals promise ‘to transform the future of home ownership in England & Wales’
Commonhold should be the "preferred alternative" to leasehold, says the Law Commission in a series of three important reports that outline how to create "a better deal for leaseholders and make our homes…
Trio of Bayswater buildings offered up for £16m
‘Rarely do we see an asset with such potential come to market’, says agency
Place in Society: On loneliness & the role of real estate
The industry can learn many things from the last few months, writes Sara Bailey, including how buildings can help alleviate the problem of loneliness in our communities.
Plans go in for Grosvenor’s South Molton Triangle ‘pedestrian first’ reboot
Grosvenor has submitted a planning application for the South Molton Triangle, pitching to transform "a historic, but underused part of North Mayfair" into a "pedestrian first" enclave