Location: United Kingdom
‘Covid-era [house-buying] activity set to eclipse everything since the credit crunch’ – UK Finance
“The combined boost to [property market] demand from stimulus measures and societal changes has more than offset any dampening effects from Covid-19 and wider adverse economic factors," says banking…
Key hire for Strutt & Parker in Chelsea
Agne Karuzaite has moved from Savills in Knightsbridge to Strutts in West Chelsea.
Boodle Hatfield adds to real estate team
Jonathan Hyndman has joined the 300-year-old law firm from Rosling King, where he led the banking and finance practice
Galliard CEO O’Sullivan departing to ‘seek new challenges’
Don O’Sullivan to step down as Chief Executive Officer of London’s biggest privately owned resi developer;
Omicron threatens to blow London’s property market recovery ‘off course’
Demand for London property has clearly perked up, says Knight Frank, but the trend is "dwarfed by what took place in 2020 as the escape to the country trend took hold."
RBKC to lead PCL market rally in 2022, predicts Winkworth
100-branch agency expects the Prime Central London market to comfortably outperform the rest of the UK next year
Off-plan property portal rolls into Britain
American-born Haüskey offers investors "cashback" on off-plan property purchases, and accepts cryptocurrencies.
Luxury design firms collaborate on Kensington restoration project
Once-dilapidated townhouse has largely been rebuilt behind the retained Georgian-style façade
The need to be nimble: Why we are unlikely to see a sudden shift from a seller’s to a buyer’s market this winter
The speed at which new instructions are going under offer suggests there remains a strong pool of unmet demand, writes Savills' head of resi research Lucian Cook in this piece for Prime Purchase...
Weekly Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
PrimeResi’s regular stock check, powered by LonRes
Chestertons’ former training chief moves to Fine & Country in Knightsbridge & South Ken
Sinéad Conlon is now a Lettings Director at franchised estate agency brand Fine & Country in Prime Central London.
Ranked: Britain’s most in-demand seaside locations
Bournemouth, Southampton and Brighton have been the most popular coastal locations for house hunters in 2021, according to Rightmove, while one Cornish enclave has seen average asking prices surge by 20%…