Location: London
John D Wood reports best year of trading since 2015
Countrywide-owned agency recovers from market shutdown to post bumper sales volumes and roll out a suite of new services.
City centre rents suffer as tenants look to suburbs
"The pandemic has led to falling asking rents and a flood of properties coming into the market in a number of the UK’s biggest city centres," says Rightmove.
Interview: Hutton Bubear on expanding, diversifying & finding the perfect work/life balance
As revealed by PrimeResi today, former Battersea Power Station sales chief Mark Hutton and well-known Savills agent Charlie Bubear have taken up senior positions at Hutton Bubear - the boutique buying…
Battersea Power Station & Savills heavyweights join boutique buying agency
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Hutton & Charlie Bubear bolster the acquisition firm founded by their respective partners, Catherine Hutton & Alice Bubear, as it branches out into development consultancy and PCL sales.
Grand Connaught Square townhouse pitched at £8.5m
In Pictures: This 5,184 sq ft Georgian townhouse on Bayswater's "Blair Square" is "well set up for lockdown life", says Savills.
‘Exceptional’ rebuilt Kensington villa finds a buyer
Double-width corker on the Pitt Estate was asking £19.75m and came with a Japanese plunge pool.
Blue Coast Capital & RER secure £23.7m loan for Richmond resi scheme
'Exciting and unique' redevelopment of the Grade-II listed former Richmond Royal Hospital will deliver 56 high-end apartments.
Activity stirs in Prime London’s stock-laden rental market
The Prime London lettings market had a much busier end to the year than many expected, reports LonRes, but supply levels are still running very high...
A hole of your own: The lowdown on building basements in the post-iceberg age
Figures out earlier this month suggest the days of the mega-basement are behind us in Prime Central London, but what should those still intent on attempting a subterranean project know?
Canary Wharf is having a moment – here’s why…
The 'escape to the country' trend is not the only way Covid-19 is changing tenant behaviour, writes Tom Bill...
Online & hybrid estate agency penetration picks up in central London
Hybrid/online estate agencies' market share of UK property exchanges remained at 8% in 2020, despite a 10% increase in the proportion of new instructions from 2019.
What’s happened to property prices in London’s Golden Postcodes?
The average price paid in Prime Central London has fallen by 10% since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic - but some enclaves have seen dramatic prices rise.