Estate Agency News
Government cuts security deposit cap for rentals under £50k pa
Rental properties charging less than £50,000 per year can now only claim five weeks' rent as a security deposit
Interview: Mark Hutton of Battersea Power Station Estates on selling a British icon
PrimeResi meets the man in charge of resi sales and lettings at Battersea Power Station, to discuss life in-house at one of the biggest real estate developments in Europe...
SP Property Group boosts property management team as its PCL portfolio breaches £1bn
Jo Eccles' firm now manages a central London rental portfolio worth over £1bn, and has also had a significant win for its block management offering, securing the building management gig for Lodha UK's…
Emoov appoints administrators
"Prospective purchasers that have been in the wings have not come through with viable offers to acquire the Emoov business," says online estate agency boss, as the firm brings in James Cowper Kreston…
Historic Mayfair mansion sells for £40m
EXCLUSIVE: Super-wealthy buyer shakes off Brexit jitters to splash out on Grade II listed Georgian gem
Developer launches a luxury property raffle platform, offering a £2m turn-key apartment in South Ken for £10 a ticket
London developer Gatsby Property is launching a new raffle platform, Cadivus, aimed at the prime residential market
Embattled Emoov ‘lines up administrators’
Online estate agency in talks with accounting firm to handle pre-pack administration - reports; buyer 'could be announced today'
Savills moves into Guernsey’s resi market with top agency acquisition
Channel Island estate agency Martel Maides has been acquired by Savills
Rents rocket at Battersea Power Station
Average weekly rents for one-bed apartments in the Power Station development have surged by some 17% since the start of the year, reports Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings
The London Magazine Club Awards: Winners
Knight Frank's Noel Flint picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award at CLEA's property industry awards bash
Secret luxury homes: how the ultra-rich hide their properties
The Financial Times delves into why the discretion of off-market property sales appeals to the publicity-shy ultra rich
£10m Mayfair home looks to draw buyer interest with pop-up art exhibition
PCL agencies Harrods Estates, Beauchamp Estates & Rokstone are marketing a four-bed house on Adams Row, which is hosting an exclusive pop-up exhibition of artworks by Piers Bourke