Buying Agency News
Top property advisors & wealth managers shortlisted for HNW awards
William Cash's Spear's Magazine has revealed the shortlist for 2019's Wealth Management Awards, which take place on 14th November, including four top prime resi advisors. **Updated with winners**
Mapped: Prime buyers are looking further afield in search of value
Prime property buyers are increasingly dividing into two camps as political uncertainty rumbles on, reports national buying agency Garrington.
TBS recruits JLL man to its London buying team
Knight Frank's property finding arm The Buying Solution has hired James Burridge from JLL's Knightsbridge team
‘Buyers & sellers recalibrate and try to second-guess what’s coming next’
"Much like the weather over the last month, the property market has become increasingly unpredictable," says national buying agency Garrington in its monthly top-line review of market machinations.
Investors are piling-in to bulk-buy prime London apartments
Buying agency Ludgrove has noted a 55% increase in demand in the second half of 2019 from funds and family offices looking to bulk-buy residential apartments in prime London.
Charles McDowell on London’s off-market mansions & the rebirth of the trusted advisor
One of the best-known super-prime brokers in PCL discusses the evolution of high-end estate agency, and some of the key HNW buyer trends at work in the golden postcodes...
Jackson-Stops founder’s great-grandson launches property buying agency
"My aim is that GJS Property Ltd will be the next chapter in the Jackson-Stops property story," says founder George Jackson-Stops
Hyatt & Dawes to take over Knight Frank’s top resi roles as Andrew Hay moves on
Knight Frank's Global Head of Residential Lord Andrew Hay is to retire next year, after 37 years with the business. Tim Hyatt is to take over as Head of UK Residential; Rupert Dawes is now Head of Global Residential.
Summer’s ‘steady rather than spectacular’ market is ‘reassuring’ – Garrington
"It seems to have been a steady, rather than spectacular summer as far as the UK property market is concerned," reports buying agency Garrington in its September market update.
Specialist buying agency launches, just for first-time buyers
Former Haus and Foxtons estate agent Rebecca Stott has started FoundIt London; the capital's first property buying agency just for first-time buyers
May The Force Be With You: On political turmoil & the autumn market
It is now clear that London’s autumn market will be entirely dominated by political interference, write Sophie & Richard Rogerson - and vendors are likely to remain extremely cautious about listing…