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Grosvenor posts record profits after timely London resi disposals
Grosvenor Group has just announced record pre-tax profits of £681.8m in 2014, well up from the £506.9m posted in 2013.
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Hong Kong buyers zone in on London’s prime fringe; unfazed by UK polls
The forthcoming UK general election matters "not a jot" to Hong Kong buyers of London resi, according to industry titan Mark Collins
A two-speed recovery: Global housing markets since the Great Recession
The world's property markets have aligned themselves into two fairly distinct groups since the Great Recession, says the latest global housing update from the International Monetary Fund:
Prime global rental growth hits five-year low
There's been "a notable slowdown" in top-end rents around the world over the last quarter, says Knight Frank, as the agency's Prime Global Rental Index records its weakest annual growth rate since 2009.
Full Frontal: HNW tenants pay £200k up-front in ‘frenzied’ PCL rental market
One in five new tenancies in prime central London is being let with six-to-12 months' rent - typically around the £200,000 mark (including deposit but excluding letting agent's fees) - being paid up-front, wi…
International consortium snaps up £1bn Bankside scheme
A £300m+ deal has just gone down on London's South Bank.
Foreign real estate investors look to Africa’s growth cities
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Strawberry Star launches first ‘pay what you want’ estate agency
London-based property giant Strawberry Star is launching a new estate agency offering with plans to roll out 25 offices across the UK. I
London: Still the world’s most expensive city to locate employees but ‘beginning to look better value’
London overtook Hong Kong as "the most expensive world class city" in the middle of last year, and has, according to Savills, just retained its No
£6.6 billion: Savills’ UK resi sales (excl. new developments) up 8% in a year
Savills has just turned in a monster set of annual results, with Group revenues up 19% to £1.1bn. Pre-tax profit was up by 21% (to £85m) in the year ending December 31st.
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Budget 2015: ‘The sun is starting to shine and we are fixing the roof’
May's looking like a bit of an electoral stalemate according to most of the pollsters, so today's Budget was a splendid chance for the Chancellor to try to put some clear water between the Tories and …
INFOGRAPHIC: The richest real estate tycoons in emerging markets
The 2015 Forbes Billionaires List, which ranks those around the world earning more than $US 1 billion by their net worth, included a total of 157 real estate tycoons, 96 of whom were based in the Asia-Pacific r…