Savills warns on global uncertainty as profits slip; reports super-prime deal surge in London
Real estate giant predicts declines in transaction volumes 'across a number of markets' in 2019; full-year results reveal dip in group profits, although UK resi business turns in a 'resilient' performance in the face of 'challenging' conditions, with an eye-catching spike in super-prime deals.
Savills creates a dedicated super-prime team; rejigs residential offering in PCL
Resi agency and development sales in prime London are being integrated at Savills, which now claims to have the capital's biggest residential sales team
VanHan founders to join Knight Frank’s super-prime Global Wealth Advisory team
Rory Penn and Thomas van Straubenzee are joining Knight Frank to build a global "market leading private office platform"
Super-prime specialist Beauchamp to open a second French outpost
Top-end estate agency Beauchamp is re-opening its London and international offices after Coronavirus lockdowns, and has ranked the "detail and quantity of procedures" for Covid-19 safeguarding in each…
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The Times: Is London’s housing market on the edge of freefall?
PCL agents report steep ultra-prime slowdown as tax changes drive flight of international buyers.
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Rightmove halves growth forecast as asking prices record biggest July dip
Property portal now expects average asking prices to rise by just 2% through 2025, although transaction volumes remain strong.
Former Savills director joins Harding Green
Charles McCosh will be covering the Buckinghamshire patch as part of Jack Graham-Lindsey’s team.
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