Lendlease picks up £1.5bn Birmingham Smithfield development
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Latest Founder Partner brings nearly four decades of top-end agency experience to Martin Bikhit’s new venture.
RFR brings in super-prime specialist as MD
Former Knight Frank partner joins Chelsea-based buying firm.
Major developer calls time on London as viability ‘fundamentally broken’
Economic rewards for taking development risk in the capital have 'evaporated,' says housebuilding giant boss.
Native Land unveils £15.5mn penthouse with one of Marylebone’s biggest roof terraces
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Martin Kemp Design takes up residence near Buckingham Palace
Luxury design practice moves into new Buckingham Place studio, with a run of prime resi projects underway and a growing furniture range.
Knight Frank adds more affiliate brokers as enquiries top 170
Agency continues rollout of self-employed model as it targets key territories across South East and West London.
Bugatti teams up with Rhodium for global branded resi drive
Luxury car marque brings Dean Main's outfit in to build on resi projects in Dubai and Miami.
‘Not for the faint-hearted’: Jo Eccles on navigating today’s prime London market
Hesitant buyers, ‘unicorn’ hunters and behind-the-scenes fee wars are adding to the complexities of getting a deal done, explains Eccord’s MD.
Have PCL property values turned a corner?
Fresh Savills data suggests the pace of decline is easing across prime markets, as buyers & sellers become 'more aligned on price.'
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