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Why the end of the furlough scheme is likely to have a limited impact on the UK property market
A closer look at the government’s own furlough data suggests there is unlikely to be meaningful downwards pressure on sales volumes or prices when the support scheme comes to an end in the autumn, says Tom…
Former Oxfordshire home of Dame Agatha Christie seeks buyer
Savills Henley has been instructed on a Queen Anne-style pile that inspired some of the greatest crime novels of the 20th Century.
‘We are seeing the emergence of a giga-prime market’: The rise of London’s £100m+ homes
Renovation and conversion projects are swelling London's small but significant £100m+ property market, creating private palaces just for billionaires.
Activity surges in Prime London as confidence returns
Sales volumes in Q1 rose to levels not seen since the infamous stamp duty stampede of 2016.
Rutland Gate mega-mansion ‘could be worth between £500m and £600m’
Squire and Partners-designed proposals for the refurbishment of 2-8 Rutland Gate, a 62,000 square foot private palace overlooking Hyde Park, were submitted to Westminster a few weeks ago.
‘Frenzied buyer activity’ breaks property market records
Buyer demand is "massively outpacing" the supply of homes for sale, says Rightmove, as the national average asking price surges up by more than 2% in a single month.
Agency reports string of deals on Kensington ‘most magical’ garden square
Knight Frank’s Kensington team has tucked away four high-end townhouses on Edwardes Square in recent months, and taken on another five.
‘Once in a generation opportunity’ in Kensington as two former university sites come up for sale
Two substantial freehold buildings in W8 have been put up for sale, with a combined guide price of £47 million.
Savills bolsters super-prime lettings team
Kenneth Walsh joins the agency’s high-end rental division based on Sloane Street, covering the £5,000+ per week market across north and central London.
The Times: The inside story of Nick and Christian Candy’s One Hyde Park, the world’s most expensive building
Writing for the Times, Emanuele Midolo explains “how two public school boys from Surrey created the world’s most talked about residential building”.
Charlie Ellingworth: The big question in the property market is around offices
How businesses do business and employees live their lives in the brave new world will shape both the London and country residential markets, writes PV's Charlie Ellingworth.
London architects regain confidence after 14 months – RIBA
The percentage of British architecture practices expecting their workloads to decrease in the coming months has fallen to 11% - down from 84% a year ago.