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‘The Return of the Roaring Twenties’: On Mayfair’s trophy home bonanza
"Like the 1920s we are seeing penthouses and mansions in Mayfair selling well and rising dramatically in value," says Peter Wetherell.
In Conversation: Savills stars Hewlett & Lewis on the evolution of London’s prime residential landscape
Interview: Savills stalwarts Jonathan Hewlett and Ed Lewis discuss seismic shifts in London's luxury real estate sector over the last three decades; Covid; Brexit;
Unreal Deals: Is crypto the future for real estate?
The Sotheby’s International Realty team delves into the prospects for cryptocurrency in international real estate markets.
‘Product has overtaken location as the driver for PCL buyers’: Northacre’s Niccolò Barattieri di San Pietro on London’s shifting luxury property market
“With little to no large sites left in the Capital many PCL developers will shift to boutique development,” writes the CEO of leading luxury property developer, Northacre.
‘Well & truly on the rebound’: Property prices rise & discounts drop in Prime Central London
“The market for properties worth £1 million or more in London is well and truly on the rebound, having been in the doldrums over recent years,” says Coutts’ CEO, Peter Flavel.
In Pictures: Five of the world’s most luxurious branded residential developments
More than one in three affluent international property buyers (39%) would be willing to pay a premium for a branded residence, according to a survey of around 900 Knight Frank clients - typically 25%…
Sell-out achieved at super-prime St James’s scheme
Three of the trophy residences at The Carlyle Group’s St James’s House project traded for more than £20m
MARK teams up with SevenCapital to build RBKC’s tallest tower
Birmingham-based SevenCapital has made its second big play in London in seven months, taking over from Londonewcastle as MARK's JV partner at 100 West Cromwell Road - with plans to build the tallest tower…
‘Transforming estate agency as we know it’: Knight Frank’s head of resi lifts lid on technology ambitions
Anyone who has not pushed the digital modernisation of their business to the forefront should be readying themselves for a shock in the near future, writes Tim Hyatt...
American private equity firm buys Leaders Romans Group
Bowmark Capital has sold its stake in Berkshire-based estate agency giant LRG to Platinum Equity.
Online estate agents’ market share drops overall – but rises in the £1m+ market
A "considerable underperformance" by online and hybrid agencies through last year's booming property market “will clearly raise significant interest in the viability of the business model that has failed…
Secret Agents: Quiet listings & off-market property deals have soared in the last year
More than 135,000 homes were sold without ever appearing on a property portal or being publicly advertised in 2021, according to new data, while a quarter of £1m+ sales in London were off-market deals.