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US giant signs up Charcol in major UK play
US real estate behemoth Keller Williams has launched the first of its "property super-centres" in Victoria as it bids to crack the UK market.
Midtown hits prime stride as UK buyers snap up new-build stock
CBRE's Midtown sales team has reported transacting on an impressive £45m worth of property in the first quarter; that’s over £500k a day.
PCL transaction levels top 2007 as average price breaches £1.5m
There's "no sign of a so-called 'bubble'" in the Land Registry's numbers for this year's Q1, which show a marked increase in both prices and transactions levels in prime central London, notes London Central…
Bidwells bolsters Cambridge team
Bidwells has strengthened its Cambridge lettings arm to cope with an upsurge in demand from buy-to-let investors.
It’s The Demographics, Stupid
What's driving house prices upwards and upwards? It's pretty simple, says James Bailey...
Clinton's oath (1993)
Super-prime lettings boss launches new agency
One of the top names on the PCL lettings scene has set up his own agency, geared specifically to the upper end of the market.
Canaletto scheme unveils premium apartments
The fruits of a starry design collaboration are being revealed in London this week as high-rise scheme Canaletto launches its flagship units.
Weston Homes plans to double size in five years; looks to move into PCL
Housebuilder Weston Homes has secured £100m of bank funding which it plans to put towards a £1bn pipeline of residential projects - around 3,300 units - over the next five years, including looking at…
Royal Borough Market: Holland Park, Notting Hill & Kensington market analysis
The Royal Borough has steamed ahead over the past 12 months, says Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, pushing on with a longer term trend that has seen Kensington & Chelsea's average prices move from 95% higher…
RBKC publishes basement findings
With RBKC's draft policy on basement development now safely in the hands of the Secretary of State, the Royal Borough has published the findings from its lengthy publication consultation, including the…
The Great Escape: How to move to the country
As the much-vaunted 'value gap' finally starts to show signs of narrowing, fleeing the Big Smoke will be high on clients' agendas this year.