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Prime country house buyers left out in the cold
Reports of particularly slim pickings in the prime country house market have been filtering in of late.
Small to medium-sized building firms “on a knife-edge”
More gloom for the construction industry we're afraid.
Oaktree eyeing a Countrywide float
Britain's biggest estate agency network, Countrywide, is reported to be planning to go public once again.
Another new office for Winkworth
Winkworth is carrying on its January expansion with gusto, opening its second new office of the year in Beaconsfield.
Letter from the Home Counties
New developments and unconventional marketing ideas have been the keys to a barnstorming new year in the shires, says Julian Amos...
Uncertain times for prime property
The ever-excellent Lonres Residential Review indulges in a spot of tealeaf reading to get a steer on what’s likely to happen in the prime property market over the coming 12 months.
New buying agency Allen Wargent opens for business
Paddy Allen & Pete Wargent
We hear there's a new acquisition agency about to make waves in the prime residential scene...
Black Brick building up to a record year
No sign of a Blue Monday for buying agency Black Brick, which has reported a raft of new domestic and international client sign-ups already this month (interestingly, all owner-occupiers rather than investors)…
Triple digit Singapore sales for Battersea Power Station
More than 100 units at London development Battersea Power Station were snapped up by Singaporean property buyers and investors in just one day, in what the developer and agency said were record levels…
Witzenfeld launches prime acquisition company
There's a new kid in town - well he's actually been around for a while, but high-end residential developer Mark Witzenfeld has just launched Huntsman Property, London’s newest property acquisition company.
New Director of Private Clients for MCIFA
London-based HNW property finance specialist MCIFA has appointed Nick Rees as Senior Partner and Director of its Private Clients division.
Healthy start to the new year for Hamptons
Hamptons International have joined the ranks of estate agents reporting a glowing start to the new year, with 6% more properties for sale at the beginning of January compared to the same time last year.