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New appointments at Kay & Co
PCL estate agency Kay & Co has promoted Joe Le Beau to the role of Sales Manager in its Hyde Park office.
Le Beau has been at the firm for four years and will now oversee sales across W2.
From Chelsea To The Clink: Estate agency, money laundering and some guy called Boris
In the wake of that undercover documentary, financial crime specialist Dan Hyde explains why, in money laundering offences, a lack of intent - or an illicit deal - is no defence...
Grosvenor plans major new Hyde Park Corner scheme
Plans have gone in for new development on London's Hyde Park Corner, which could deliver up to 28 new resi apartments and a 190-room hotel.
Savills to draw up ‘Domesday Book’ of London’s development land
Savills has been called up to compile a so-called "Domesday Book" of all the brownfield public land in London.
House price growth dips in election aftermath
The rate of house price growth eased up in the immediate aftermath of the General Election, but homeowner's got a little bit more optimistic about rising values, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Hanover Private Office boosts PCL team
High-end resi agency Hanover Private Office has hired a new director from Beaney Pearce.
Former Dragon to sweeten Sugar’s St James’s scheme
Lord Sugar's real estate vehicle Amsprop has apparently hired a former Dragon to tszuj up a new scheme in St James's.
No not Paphitis.
Rutlandgate: Candy’s Omni lends big on Knightsbridge mega-mansion
What on earth is going on with 2-8a Rutland Gate...
...is the question most property peeps will be asking this morning.
Marylebone leads prime central London as rental values rocket
Formerly the poor neighbour of Mayfair, Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Chelsea, Marylebone has undergone a seismic transformation over the last few years.
‘Dramatic’ increase in rental values recorded across almost all London postcodes
As stamp duty reforms, tighter lenders and a rising pound put the kibosh on major growth in the sales market, rental values look to have been surging across pretty much every postcode in town.
Helical Bar and Savills IM bring forward Drury Lane residential scheme
After sitting on the site for nearly 20 years, corporate pension fund clients of Savills Investment Management (formerly Cordea Savills) have sprung into action in Covent Garden, appointing Helical Bar…
Buyer ‘bids £280m’ for Knightsbridge mega-mansion
A buyer has apparently just offered £280m for 2-8a Rutland Gate in Knightsbridge.