London’s super-prime sales pipeline surges as wealthy buyers return from the USA & Middle East
A busy summer of high-end dealmaking points to a strong sales season through to November at least.
Super-prime buyers return to London’s golden postcodes in ‘stellar’ year
PCL heartlands including Chelsea, Belgravia, Kensington, Mayfair & Knightsbridge have accounted for half of all high-end sales in 2022 so far.
Wealthy overseas buyers prepare to swoop on UK’s super-prime market
‘Be ready now to beat the rush when the flights resume’, Knight Frank tells vendors...
London was the biggest super-prime sales market in the world last year
Elite buyers dropped nearly US$4bn on $10m-plus properties in the UK capital in 2020, putting it ahead of traditional rivals New York and Hong Kong in the luxury real estate stakes.
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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.
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.
Gove accelerates reform of ‘feudal’ leasehold system
Housing secretary Michael Gove is bringing forward plans to reform England's "outdated" leasehold system
Ex-Sotheby’s & Carter Jonas man launches buying agency
Jason Corbett's independent outfit, Rowallan Buying Agents, will focus on SW London and the Home Counties
Savills names new Islington sales chief
Estate agency promotion promises 'a property tour de force for Islington', says Savills' head of London resi.
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