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More architects scale back London operations
A few weeks after it was reported that top practices Make, Sheppard Robson and AL_A were shedding staff, two more firms appear to be scaling back citing post-Brexit uncertainty.
Billionaire population grows, but their share of world wealth ownership slips
There are more billionaires tooling around the globe than ever before, according to specialist researchers at Wealth-X, but the proportion of the world owned by these richest-of-the-rich individuals slipped…
Resi revenues jump for Savills, but profits dip by 3%
"It is not possible to obtain a clear read on the direction of activity" so soon after the Brexit vote, says Savills' chief Jeremy Helsby in the firm's half-yearly update to investors, as resi deal numbers…
Super-rare Barbican penthouse hits the market
One of only nine "true" penthouses in the iconic Barbican Estate has come up for sale, and it's being billed as "probably one of the most sought after penthouses in London".
Crown Estate names new Chairman
Centerview Partners chief Robin Budenberg takes the hotseat
Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, dies aged 64
Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor (1951 - 2016)
Cooling measures spread as global prime property price growth escalates
Vancouver is the latest global real estate hotspot looking to curb property price inflation (following the lead of Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and more), bringing in a really quite chunky 15% levy…
‘Intricate’ five-year project delivers brand new £19.5m Mayfair mansion
Notting Hill-based Wolff Architects was commissioned to redevelop 32 South Street on behalf of a private client in 2011
Hill hires Savills man to lead major acquisition drive
Housebuilder Hill has appointed a well-known name as Head of Strategic Land as it looks to expand into new territories.
Caution and opportunism collide in post-Brexit PCL
Five weeks on from the Big Vote, top London buying agency Black Brick reports that its clients are falling broadly into two categories...
Magnificent blue-blooded sporting estate offered up for £10.5m
One of Scotland’s finest sporting estates - a favourite of Queen Victoria's now owned by the Astor family - has come up for sale just days before the Glorious Twelfth, with a £10.
Architects come up with 20 ways to ‘tackle the housing crisis’
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has set out a hashtagged batch of proposals to deal with what it calls "the UK’s dire housing crisis".