Location: London
Rose & Partners expands into lettings with senior hire
Former Hamptons and Strutt & Parker lettings chief Zoë Rose has joined her husband's boutique property agency.
Buying agency ramps up managed sales division with senior appointment
Mayfair-based buying agency Black Brick has recruited Hamish Bruce from Marsh & Parsons to lead its Managed Sales division.
Dexters buys SE London estate agency Roy Brooks
Dexters has made its first acquisition since securing multi-million pound private equity backing, snapping up well-known two-branch estate agency Roy Brooks.
John D Wood’s Polly Ogden Duffy on achieving record results & challenging outdated views
Recently appointed as the first female MD of one of the UK’s oldest estate agencies, Polly Ogden Duffy has just overseen an outstanding year of trading at John D Wood - in the face of some extraordinary…
Flat prices fall as demand dwindles
Demand for flats in London has slumped as buyers seek more space in light of the pandemic experience, and the cladding scandal takes it toll.
The view from Notting Hill: Reasons to be cheerful
The sales industry is a constant cycle of fear and accomplishment where only the paranoid survive - but every now and then we should pause to reflect on the good bits, writes Giles Barrett...
Wealthy overseas buyers prepare to swoop on UK’s super-prime market
‘Be ready now to beat the rush when the flights resume’, Knight Frank tells vendors...
Savills Mayfair reports bumper year; takes on £100m mega-instruction
The flagship office on North Audley Street has been flying with co-head of PCL Claire Reynolds at the helm...
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Knight Frank picks Notting Hill as one of the world’s top ten neighbourhoods ‘primed for growth in a post-pandemic world’
KF's Wealth Report 2021 identifies ten "up and coming" prime residential locations around the world, including four in Europe.
New Business Realities: Simon Deen on autonomy, reputation & building a new estate agency brand
After 16 years with boutique PCL firm Aston Chase, Simon Deen announced he would be departing in search of a new challenge.
Five Trends: Buying agency picks top PCL themes to watch
Which parts of the market are looking more vulnerable to the 2% overseas surcharge? And which streets are likely to prove ‘bullet-proof’ regardless of wider economic events?