Spring Snapshot: How prime markets and developers are dealing with 2017
'The days of the up-market developer of single houses are over' warns one of London's top buying agents in a Spring round-up of prime property markets and developments
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Start-of-year super-prime sales bonanza for luxury London developer
"The Prime London residential market has bounced back significantly since the start of 2017" says Amazon Property as it reports sales of £50m+ in the first eight weeks of the year
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Three new bridges across the Thames "can galvanise their north and south banks" says buying agency Garrington as St James's Riverlight development in Nine Elms welcomes its first residents.
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Regent’s Park trophy home once asking £32mn reportedly sells for £11.5mn
Historic Nash-designed mansion changes hands for 44% less than its 2013 purchase price, according to Bloomberg.
Russell Simpson recruits Strutts veteran Meacock
Notting Hill sales chief, who helped launch two high-profile London offices, makes move to the expanding family-run agency.
Another big-ticket deal sealed at Mayfair’s 60 Curzon
Four-bed apartment guided at nearly £25mn finds a buyer at the Thierry Despont-designed scheme.
Top-flight London design studio expands into Middle East
Laura Hammett is opening a permanent base in Dubai next month.
Albion Nord builds senior team as international ambitions grow
Super-prime design studio makes quartet of high-level appointments as it expands its portfolio across the UK and overseas.
Lettings veteran launches prime rental search agency
New venture GH Property specialises in sourcing high-end rental homes across the Home Counties.
Mansion tax territory: Three withdrawals per £2mn-plus sale; twice the wait for a buyer
New figures reveal the scale of the challenges facing the top end of England's housing market, with another Budget imminent and the HVCTS looming large.
Priory Walk townhouse hits the market after superyacht-inspired overhaul
In Pictures: Classic Chelsea family home emerges from ambitious reworking by rjha Architects and a cast of specialist contractors.
In Pictures: Echlin x Dyson collab at Ransomes Wharf
London Square’s Battersea scheme showcases British craft with a high-tech twist.
Function Vs Form: What happens when luxury design forgets how a building actually works
Sebastian Moritz runs through the importance of reading building designs from an operational perspective.
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