Location: Europe
Savills profits up 40%; UK resi fees up 15%
Savills plc's half year results to 30th June 2013 show a 13% increase in group revenue to £399m (H1 2012: £353.3m), and a 25% surge in pre-tax profits, from £17.1m in H1 2012 to £21.4m
TfL invites tenders for resi scheme at iconic Art Deco HQ
London Underground's Grade I listed HQ at 55 Broadway, above St James's Park tube station, is to be converted into prime residential units, with TfL now on the hunt for an architect to take on the scheme
The Law Review: Floods, lightening and taking a chancel
Mishcon de Reya's round-up of the latest legal happenings in the property world
Dublin Up: Irish property market in recovery?
After five years of relentless decline, with house prices falling by over 50% in some areas, it looks like Ireland's property market might be pulling itself together
Fine & Country gears up for worldwide recruitment drive
Although the phrase "international conference" can strike fear into anyone's heart, we have to admit last week's Fine & Country shindig looked pretty impressive
UK construction “turning a corner” – RICS
The construction industry is the most positive its been for six years, with new projects beginning to rise in almost every part of the country, according to the latest RICS Construction Market Survey, …
Grosvenor shakes on major Belgravia scheme
Grosvenor has just announced a 50:50 joint venture partnership to redevelop a key site opposite the gardens of Buckingham Palace
Vive Londres! French buyers head East
Did you know the French population in London has increased by 75% over the last ten years? The new Residential Research Director of Hamptons International, Fionnuala Earley, investigates French buying …
Olympic architect designs first project in New York
The much-lauded firm of architects behind the London Aquatics Centre has just bagged a prominent resi commission in New York City
Land Registry & ONS plan definitive UK House Price Index
It's taken a while, but it seems we may finally be on the verge of a single UK house price index, incorporating the ONS and Land Registry data
Cash flood surges through London’s West End
One West End agency has reported a massive increase in cash buyers this year, with 75% now choosing to stump up the readies for their purchases, compared to just 20% in 2012
Wealthy Appetite: HNWIs gobbling up European prime property
Very few agents can go toe to toe with Beauchamp Estates on sheer net-worth-per-client