Location: London
Sales hit halfway mark at Candy’s Holland Park scheme
Agents tucked away nearly £40m worth of apartments at 80 Holland Park in December alone
The Guardian: Meet Britain’s most successful estate agent
Gary Hersham is the "character-in-chief" in a lengthy and remarkably positive feature on London's super-prime estate agents, published in today's Guardian.
‘London completes its rental recovery’ – Rightmove
“London asking rents have finally risen beyond pre-pandemic levels,” says Rightmove, “a sign that the capital has not lost its pull and popularity with renters.”
Ex-Foxtons man Griskin launches buying agency
Igor Griskin worked at Foxtons for nearly a decade; he’s now set up a property buying agency targeting HNW Russian-speaking clients.
Kensington business leader joins Harding Green
Tom Frost, a former chair of The Kensington Business Forum, has joined broker-model estate agency Harding Green as a sales consultant.
Sell-out achieved at super-prime St James’s scheme
Three of the trophy residences at The Carlyle Group’s St James’s House project traded for more than £20m
PCL agency expands with new Kensington branch & key hires
Boutique firm Maskells is opening a new office on Kensington Church Street, which will be run by ex-Carter Jonas & Knight Frank agents Gareth Jones & Tabitha Jones
‘Flying start’ to 2022 for Beauchamp’s new homes division
PCL agency hints at further expansion as new homes team secures £500m in new instructions across the UK
Prime London is ‘returning towards a pre-pandemic rental market’
London Central Portfolio saw an 11% jump in agreed rents on new tenancies in Q4 2021, "correcting the deep discounts that were granted during the same period in 2020".
New UK resi valuations head at Knight Frank
Katie Parsonson has stepped up to oversee the department after 14 years with the agency
MARK teams up with SevenCapital to build RBKC’s tallest tower
Birmingham-based SevenCapital has made its second big play in London in seven months, taking over from Londonewcastle as MARK's JV partner at 100 West Cromwell Road - with plans to build the tallest tower…
Pandemic ‘redraws UK house price map’
The combination of the race for space, a stamp duty holiday and an ongoing affordability squeeze has ‘altered the landscape’, says Knight Frank