Russell Simpson’s Charlie Woods on navigating turbulent markets
Charlie Woods, head of the lettings department at longstanding RBKC agency Russell Simpson, reflects on the turmoil of the last two years, and predicts where the prime rental market is headed next…
Knight Frank’s head of resi on the markets to watch in H2
After a frantic first half, Tim Hyatt reviews the state of play in the prime sales, lettings and new homes markets - and looks at how the next six months could unfold…
Knight Frank predicts ‘rising momentum across all property markets’, with PCL set to out-perform
Prime Central London property prices are likely to rise by 18% over the next five years, forecasts Knight Frank, out-performing mainstream markets.
Ranked: Which UK property markets have bounced back most from the Global Financial Crisis?
Average property prices in some areas of London are now 89% higher than their pre-crash peak... Other parts of the country are still 38% below 2007's level.
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Top-performing PCL agents generated ‘as much as £5mn’ in fees last year, claims luxury brokerage
High-profile firm reports £1.63bn in sales and lifts lid on individual broker earnings following major recruitment drive.
Agents appointed on £60mn St John’s Wood apartment scheme
Developer Residence One gears up to launch 29-unit project fronting London's iconic Abbey Road.
Top brokers assess the Iran conflict’s effect on global prime property markets
Luxury property agents in London & Dubai report early shifts in buyer activity as geopolitical tensions escalate.
London’s first Park Hyatt-branded residences set for launch this year
Sales team behind Twenty Grosvenor Square and The Whiteley gearing up to market 103 luxury apartments in Nine Elms.
Knight Frank appoints new UK marketing head
Former Crown Estate and Disney exec takes role spanning agency’s resi and commercial divisions.
£10mn Notting Hill project offers chance to create ‘one of the area’s great homes’
Rare unmod Ladbroke Grove townhouse with communal garden access and basement planning comes to market.
Westminster to grant blanket retrofit consent for Eaton Square
Borough's first Listed Building Consent Order promises to allow 'retrofit at scale' on London's largest residential square.
FT: ‘We’re past the $200mn threshold’ – the rise of super-super prime property
'How much is mere showboating listing,' asks FT journalist Mark Ellwood - 'and how much higher can prices for single private properties actually be pushed?'
Ten Years On: Assessing the ‘profound effect’ of the second home stamp duty surcharge
'Almost overnight, the market tilted away from investors,' says Hamptons, 'meaning far fewer homes have been added to the rented sector' in the last decade.
Savills buys major real estate investment bank Eastdil
The deal is one of the biggest in Savills' history.
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