Location: London
Aston Chase recruits Savills’ Bart as Lettings Director
Arron Bart has moved from Savills to Aston Chase, to head up the lettings division.
Overseas landlords ‘undeterred by Brexit’ as numbers hit five-year high
Favourable exchange rates and the stamp duty holiday have spurred many into action.
Mapped: Super-prime lettings deals across PCL
Demand in the £5,000 per week range hasn’t been dented by the pandemic, reports Knight Frank, although travel restrictions have kept a lid on deal volumes so far in 2021.
CPI & Main pick up another trophy property, acquiring the Savile Row police station for c.£50m
European investor CPI and London super-prime specialist Dean Main have made another big acquisition in Prime London, taking on the decommissioned West End Central Police Station on Savile Row.
Southbank Place sales boss Brian De’ath on when a scheme becomes a reality
Six years after the initial launch of Southbank Place, the 5.2 acre mixed-use transformation of the former Shell Centre is nearing completion;
English National Ballet names new home after property developer
English National Ballet’s new HQ at London City Island is to be named the Mulryan Centre for Dance, after the family of Ballymore chief Sean Mulryan.
Century completes £5.5m loan on Chelsea mansion
Prime resi bridging lender reports bumper week of deals in spite of some ‘challenging’ conditions.
International buyer picks up £14.25m Mayfair apartment (and just in time)
Off-market super-prime deal tucked away on the last day before the stamp duty hike.
London’s super-prime lettings market surges
Another agency is reporting a significant pick-up in top-end rental activity.
Chestertons names new Head of Sales
Cory Askew has been promoted from Central London Area Director to Head of Sales.
Agency ranks best prime postcodes for ‘snagging a relative bargain’
WC1H in Bloomsbury offers the ‘biggest property price bargain’, according to Benham & Reeves.
Prime Central London ‘has now bottomed out’ – Savills
Back to work plans are boosting demand for town and city homes, says Savills, but the country house and coastal property markets are still riding high.