Over a third of people avoid negotiating on property prices due to anxiety, claims estate agency
"36% of people typically avoid negotiating due to anxiety", says Douglas & Gordon after polling almost 700 property buyers, renters, landlords and sellers.
‘Celebrity’ homes can command a 10% price premium, claims agency
"There has been a significant sea-change in celebrity attitudes towards collaborating with agents instructed to market their properties," says a top North London estate agency.
Regional asking prices per square metre, compared
The average per square metre asking price in Central London's W postcode is £9,000 more than the average in Sunderland's SR postcode.
Westminster crowned London’s ‘best performing’ borough for property in 2019
From house price growth to sustainability, rental value to construction activity, CBRE has totted-up the property performance of each London borough in 2019 - coming up with a series of top ten "winners"..
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Paterson sells UK Sotheby’s International Realty
Owner of Sotheby's Dubai and the Middle East region confirms acquisition of UK business
Ranked: The ten ‘most prominent’ estate agency brands in Britain
One prime estate agency has listed properties for sale in more than half of the nation's postcodes in the last six months, significantly out-covering any other brick-and-mortar firm.
Redbook recruits Savills’ Chenevix-Trench as Head of Property
Poppy Chenevix-Trench has moved on from the Savills Private Office, becoming the latest high-level addition to Sandy Mitchell's Redbook Agency.
Strutt & Parker hires PCL specialist from Savills
Charles Medina has moved from Savills to become a Director at Strutt & Parker in Mayfair and Marylebone.
Keir Waddell: Five PCL developments that will define five trends in 2023
Strutt & Parker's London new homes sales chief reflects on the big themes to emerge in the prime development sector lately, and the projects currently setting the tone in the luxury market...
Dexters buys Marsh & Parsons for £29mn
Another major acquisition creates London's biggest estate agency network.
Green light for major new Finchatton project in Kensington
Super-prime developer expands into education, securing planning for a new school for Thomas’s Kensington, along with new apartments & townhouses
£900mn year for Knight Frank’s regional resi development teams
The agency is looking to grow its regional resi development business by 50% over the next five years
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