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Myth-busting: A buying agent’s guide to the off market
‘Off-market’ is a concept which is much overused and often misunderstood, writes Philip Harvey - but now, more than ever before, it’s the key to securing the right houses for clients...
In Pictures: Country music stars’ turn-key Caribbean private island offered for $35m
L’île d’Anges in the Exumas is a "safe haven paradise", says Knight Frank.
Former Hamptons PCL lettings director joins Johns&Co
Boutaina Cansick takes charge of Johns&Co's lettings division after 14 years at Hamptons International.
Design team picked for Camden Highline park project
A team led by New York Highline designers James Corner Field Operations has won a competition to turn a stretch of disused railway viaduct in Camden into a new public park.
New Sicily base for Italy Sotheby’s International Realty
Latest opening is a ‘direct response to increased interest in the area in light of the pandemic’, says Italian branch of the luxury real estate network.
Property owners are becoming more bullish on house price growth this year
2021's property market is likely to be "less of a roller-coaster ride" than 2020, suggests Knight Frank, as the firm stands by its forecast of 0% growth for UK house prices in the year ahead.
‘All of the key buyer metrics are [now] ahead of early 2020’ – Rightmove
Asking prices, buyer enquiries and agreed sales all picked up last month, but far fewer properties are coming to market compared to last year.
Cash deals dwindle as smaller landlords tempted to invest
Average rents in the South East have climbed by 10% in the last year, reports Hamptons - while rents in Central London have fallen by 16%.
Avanton embarks on £500m London land buying spree
Property developer Avanton has amassed a £500m fund for "strategic land acquisitions" over the next three years, focused on build-to-rent projects in the capital.
Why global investors are hungry for PCL assets right now
Knight Frank’s Guy Stebbings, whose team has exchanged on well over a billion pounds worth of deals in the last six months, explains why activity levels in the resi investment market are running at un…
‘There are still buyers aggressively looking for homes that offer value and quality‘
NW London agency reports snappy asking price deal in Maida Vale as new data shows a big jump in the number of buyers committing after the first viewing.
Chestertons becomes first major agency to go carbon neutral
31-branch London-based operator has just been certified as Net Zero Carbon and is on a quest to become ‘the country’s greenest estate agency’.