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A good year for Knight Frank…
Knight Frank's financial results for the year ended 31 March 2012, announced today, show the company doing pretty well, with turnover increasing by 8%.
The Insider: Decorex highlights 2012
Dexcorex Highlights 2012: PrimeResi brings you some highlights from the designers that took part in the 2012 edition of the luxury interior design show.
New Chairman for RICS Wales
Neil Brierley, Director at Davis Langdon, Cardiff, has been appointed Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Wales Board.
London prime property prices top out
Prime property prices in London have breached their previous high, set in March 2008, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Demand for panic rooms escalates
Panic rooms - once the preserve of embassies, cartel countries and (weak) action movies - are showing up on ever more mainstream floorplans as British homeowners elect to protect their families as well…
Big Debate backs high speed rail network
The Planning Summer School's Big Debate came out strongly in favour of not just HS2 between London and Birmingham, but also HS3 and HS4.
What did you do on your holidays? Robert Bailey on the art of switching off
In his first column for PrimeResi, Robert Bailey reports back from an idyllic lagoon in Thailand - the perfect place for a spot of networking...
100% Design line-up announced for International Pavilions 2012
100% Design is the largest and most prestigious single-site design event in the UK.
Reaction: Wealth tax proposals
Edo Mapelli Mozzi
Nick Clegg's 'rich tax' proposals are short-sighted, foolish and will drive money out of the UK, says Edo Mapelli Mozzi.
PCL sales hit a high, but growth slows
Knight Frank's latest report, out today, shows that prime central London property prices are now 14% above their March 2008 peak, and nearly 50% above their March 2009 low.
SBID International Design Awards 2012 shortlist announced
Following the success of last year’s awards at Maison & Objet, the Society of British Interior Design (SBID) has announced a shortlist for its inaugural 2012 International Design Awards, which attracted…
Chinese boom yet to really hit Western property markets
The real flow of wealth from China to the West has not even begun, says Knight Frank's Andrew Shirley...
Everybody talks about the spending power of the Chinese.