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Ellingworth on new-builds: A tale of two cities
The new-build market is like any other market, says buying agent Charlie Ellingworth - there are the excellent, the good, the indifferent, and stuff that you wouldn’t want to touch with the proverbial…
Super-prime developer launches a ‘buy now pay later’ scheme for London trophy mansions
Billionares and millionaires have been asking to rent K10 Group's super-mansions - including the £75m Amberwood House in Knightsbridge and the £30m Culross House in Mayfair - prompting the developer…
In Pictures: Chelsea Barracks & Albion Nord collaborate on heritage-themed furniture collection
The super-prime development scheme and interior design studio have teamed up to launch a set of homeware and furniture pieces aimed at ‘the discerning individual’
Change at the top as Countrywide proposes a massive private equity ‘recapitalisation’
Countrywide Plc has announced a proposed "recapitalisation of the business" with a £90m private equity injection creating a new controlling shareholder, contingent on a new Chairman and CEO.
Knight Frank makes a move on Paris with new resi venture
Agency's first foray into the French capital's residential market will be in partnership with well-established local firm Junot;
Permitted rooftop developments could deliver 173,000 new homes across nine UK cities
August's new Permitted Development Right on upward extensions paves the way for up to 173,000 new homes across seven million square metres of rooftops, suggests some new research by Knight Frank - including…
High-end bargain-hunters splash £2.5bn in London’s top postcodes
PCL's £5m+ transaction volumes are 12% up on last year's levels, with Q3 proving the strongest quarter in five years; ‘these are results that nobody could have anticipated’, says Savills...
‘There is smart money in Europe targeting London’: French buyers come to the fore in PCL
Buyers from across the Channel jump to the top of Knight Frank’s international buyer rankings, while purchases by Chinese nationals almost halve in ‘major shift’...
‘We may be hitting a high plateau’, says Savills, as £1m+ sales jump
There's been a "rebalancing of the market between London and the country", says Savills, as the capital lags a sharp increase in £1m+ sales across the UK.
Behind the Schemes: A luxury lockdown makeover in Notting Hill, via Zoom
Logistical challenges posed by Covid-19 are causing headaches for firms all over the world, but many are finding that it’s entirely possible to work remotely and deliver physically.
How a new breed of self-employed & independent estate agents are trying to improve the industry’s tarnished image
The evolving estate agency landscape has created a larger platform for self-employed and independent operators who are empowered to be themselves, writes Giles Barrett...
More spent on super-prime homes in London this year than last, despite the pandemic
Knight Frank reports that £1.13bn was spent on £10m+ homes in London in the first eight months of this year - 16% more than the £977.5m recorded in 2019.