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Grosvenor recruits new Major Projects Director for London
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has appointed Simon Harding-Roots as Executive Director, Major Projects, London estate.
Winkworth launches Corporate Services department
London's biggest estate agency, Winkworth, has launched a new centralised service for relocation agents and corporate clients searching across its 90-office UK and international network.
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Bonhams brings Hollywood interiors to Knightsbridge
Top auction house Bonhams will be auctioning off a rare collection of items called "The Hollywood Interior" next month, including sought-after pieces from the Art Deco and Jazz Age period.
Short supply puts prices back on the rise – except in London
London was the only place in the UK where more surveyors reported price drops than rises in February, with price increases across the rest of the country re-emerging due to the demand supply imbalance, ac…
A Capital Polarised: How levels of buyer activity vary across London
The number of London homes sold for over £2m has almost halved so far this year, down 48.7% on the same period a year ago.
Planners ‘astonished’ to find Kensington property had been demolished
RBKC planners have halted work on a site in Kensington after an ad hoc visit revealed the developer had cracked on before fulfilling a key condition of the permission.
Foxtons profits end up after ‘a year of two halves’
Foxtons Group Plc's pre-tax profits jumped by 8.2% last year, despite a "sharp downturn" through the second half and some naysaying from financial pundits
Crown Estate names new Head of Development
The Crown Estate has appointed Matt Giles as its new Head of Development
Green House: Belgravia refurb becomes first listed building to hit BREEAM Outstanding
A Grade II listed home on Ebury Street, Belgravia, has won BRE's BREEAM Residential Award after becoming the first listed building in the UK to achieve the highest possible "Outstanding" rating for its …
‘Dramatic’ fall in PCL house sales (even for an election year)
A significant reduction in transactions is to be expected in an election year, but there have only been nineteen house sales across the whole of Belgravia, Chelsea, Knightsbridge and Kensington in 2015…
The rise of resi, Asia’s ‘flight to safety’ and other global real estate megatrends
Residential property is "moving out of the public or semi-public sector and specialist investor/developer ambit, and into the mainstream," and the movement of capital from East to West is likely to remain t…
Forty Minutes Flat: Is this London’s fastest ever rental deal?
A one bed flat on Pollen Street has apparently just set a new record for the capital's rental market, after closing in just 40 minutes.