Location: International
Grosvenor recruits new Major Projects Director for London
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has appointed Simon Harding-Roots as Executive Director, Major Projects, London estate.
Letter from MIPIM #4: Never forget to follow up, even with the longshots
It’s the last day and I see groups of men standing on street corners with suitcases, quietly waiting for their taxis to the airport.
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…
Short supply puts prices back on the rise – except in London
London was the only place in the UK where more surveyors reported price drops than rises in February, with price increases across the rest of the country re-emerging due to the demand supply imbalance,…
Letter from MIPIM #3: CBA (Can’t Be Arsed)
Forced to wake up at the ungodly hour of 8am to attend a breakfast I wonder what sort of sadist thinks that 9am on the Thursday of MIPIM is an acceptable start time. I tweet this.
Letter from MIPIM #2: How to Play Real Estate Blind Date
LinkedIn has been a lifesaver in this maelstrom of real estate Blind Date, says Nicky Richmond...
Day two and I'm making notes.
Letter from MIPIM #1: A Different Time
Nicky Richmond reports back from her nineteenth MIPIM, where things seem very different to how they were in 1996...
Just a single glance at the overstuffed diary makes me feel a little anxious.
How will Australia’s foreign investment clampdown affect its residential property market?
Under pressure to cool a soaring housing market, the Australian government's proposed clampdown on foreign property buyers has raised a few eyebrows around the world.
The rise of resi, Asia’s ‘flight to safety’ and other global real estate megatrends
Residential property is "moving out of the public or semi-public sector and specialist investor/developer ambit, and into the mainstream," and the movement of capital from East to West is likely to remain…
Best Places to Live 2015: The UK’s top 50 urban locations
After crowning Chagford as the best spot to live in Britain's countryside, the Sunday Times turned its attention to urban areas in the second heat of its annual "Best Places to Live" rundown.
INTERVIEW: Thomas van Straubenzee and Rory Penn of VanHan
Two of prime central London's brightest stars, Rory Penn and Thomas van Straubenzee of the famously well-connected Mayfair agency VanHan discuss discretion, regulation and that £39m Bulgari penthouse…
Canburg recruits Linley man to head up prime developments drive
Canburg, the owner of Smallbone of Devizes and Mark Wilkinson Furniture, has hired Iain O’Mahony from Linley as a Director for Prime Developments for London, Europe, Middle East and Africa.