Location: United Kingdom
Savills to open up in Aberdeen
Savills has announced plans to open a new office in Aberdeen's West End, offering the full gamut of resi and commercial property services.
Grade II* Minley Manor sparks global bidding war
Carter Jonas has just sold one of Hampshire’s landmark properties for above asking, after receiving bids from all over the world.
A potted history of the mansion tax in quotes (2009-2015)
The idea of a Mansion Tax has been knocking around Westminster with intent for over five years now, since Vince Cable brewed up a scheme in 2009 to make taxation more fair...
‘Mini-boom hits a pause’ as asking prices fall – Rightmove
Asking prices have dropped by 1.7% in the last month, says Rightmove, as the traditional winter slowdown kicks in.
This year has seen prices of new instructions hitting the portal rise by 8.
British Land resi development exposure ‘now below £200m’
Developer British Land has announced pre-tax profits of £1.04 bn in its half-yearly results statement this morning, up from £422m in the same period last year.
London’s prime resi rental market ‘continues to improve’ – Chestertons
Prime rents nudged upwards in Q3, says Chestertons as the firm forecasts a 3% increase for prime London rents next year.
Q3 saw prime rents rise a touch by 0.
Top Marques: On the value of branding in residential property development
In the world of luxury property, says Joe Burns, a brand needs to resonate with its high net worth audience and answer the question, 'why would I want to live here rather than somewhere else?
Abrahmsohn on the year that was (and the ‘black cloud’ hanging over 2015)
Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn makes sense of a rollercoaster year in the prime property market, and reveals his much-anticipated predictions for 2015...
This year has been divided into a number of segments.
West End’s priciest penthouses launch on Chiltern Street, Marylebone
Galliard Homes and Frogmore have launched what the developers claim are the West End's most expensive off-plan penthouses in the West End, on "London's coolest street" (Conde Nast Traveller).
Black Brick looks to Angola for future HNW clients
Prime central London buying agency Black Brick has given a fascinating insight into its business and market position, releasing an analysis of its property purchase and transaction data since it was…
Symposium and exhibition to mark 50th anniversary of the London College of Furniture
The renowned seat of furniture making in the UK - The London College of Furniture - was established fifty years ago this year, so its modern-day successor - The Cass at London Metropolitan University…
Prime Property of the Week: Stately Progress
Hawkstone Hall, Shropshire
£4.25m