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SUP-er Prime: Agency takes on paddleboard challenge
The sport of paddleboarding has come a long way since Jennifer Aniston first made her way across a turquoise Hawaiian bay back in 2007.
‘Prime residential markets have entered the next phase of the housing cycle’
As we enter the next stage of the housing cycle, market wealth is beginning to flow out of London, says Savills' Sophie Chick.
INTERVIEW: Christie’s International Real Estate’s Giles Hannah & David Branch
PrimeResi talks global appeal and gift wrapping rooms with Giles Hannah and David Branch, the ultra-prime specialists in charge of the luxury project and development marketing teams at Christie's…
No summer lull for Black Brick as client base ‘doubles’
Mayfair-based buying outfit Black Brick isn't having much trouble bagging new business by the sounds of it.
‘Iconic’ 420-bed Earls Court hostel hits the market for £27.5m
A mega-instruction of four interlinked Victorian houses spanning Barkston Gardens and Courtfield Gardens has just become available at a smidgen over £800 per square foot.
Homeward Bound: The West End’s 1.8m sq ft office-to-resi pipeline
Just under 800,000 sq ft of West End offices were converted into homes in 2013, says Colliers International, with another 1.82m sq ft of conversion projects now in the homeward-bound pipeline.
Savills hikes this year’s price growth forecasts
"House price growth has exceeded all expectations over the past year," notes Savills as it significantly boosts its annual forecast for the mainstream market but drops next year's outlook.
PCL development land values soar
Residential development land prices in prime central London rose by 6.7% in Q2, reports Knight Frank, while the average increase across England & Wales languished at +1% for the quarter.
Winkworth teams up with independent mortgage broker
For the first time in its 175-year history, Winkworth has decided to join forces with a firm of mortgage brokers.
Millionaires’ Rows 2014: Britain’s most expensive streets, towns and areas
12 streets - all in London - claim an average house prices over £10m
Upton Downstairs: Bank Holiday teas, tours, tents & tantrums
"Life at Upton Cressett often resembles a mongrel cross combining the best and worst of Fawlty Towers, Tom Sharpe and To The Manor Born," says William Cash from Shropshire as he opens up his historic…