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Earls Court Development Co names new CEO
Lendlease man Rob Heasman has been brought in as Chief Executive of Delancey's Earls Court Development Company, having previously run large-scale London developments in Euston and Elephant & Castle.
Locked-down buyers splash £150m at Lodha’s No.1 Grosvenor Square
Developer reports an 'unprecedented' sales spike at its flagship Mayfair scheme, where two new show apartments have been unveiled and a HNW domestic buyer has set a new price point...
Industry heavyweight Everett joins Offr as head of agency
Irish proptech platform signs up ex-Hamptons country sales boss after completing a £2.7m funding round and claiming ‘the world's first digital property transaction’.
One in eight properties sold above asking price in August
13% of homes went for more than their original asking price last month, according to Propertymark, up from 8% in July and 10% in June.
LA Times: The luxury air business is booming — as many Californians struggle to breathe
Sam Deen reports for the LA Times on how clean air is becoming a must-have amenity for high-end buyers on the West Coast...
Grand Registry: Surveying last month’s biggest registered deals
Latest data from the Land Registry confirms a pair of super-prime sales on Knightsbridge's Egerton Crescent, along with high-end transactions in Hampstead, Mayfair, Chelsea and St John's Wood....
New sales boss for Domus Nova
Giles Barrett, who recently left Knight Frank to join tech firm Rentify, will now be heading up sales for the west London-based boutique agency...
£18m Rothschild mansion in Regent’s Park comes with its own tea house
One of the largest houses on Hanover Terrace was once owned by Rothschild tea tycoon Baron Solomon, known as 'the father of British tea'...
Six key issues that will shape the property market this winter
More vendors are cutting asking prices, notes Knight Frank, demonstrating "a flicker of nervousness" in the property market as summer turns into autumn
Record month for Knight Frank Richmond
SW London branch turns in its best August since opening in 2007 as buyers seek volume and outdoor space.
‘The economic consequences from the Covid-19-induced recession will pull the housing market from its long-term growth trajectory’ – Hamptons
2021 will be "challenging", but estate agency brand Hamptons International expects the national average property price to end this year higher than it started it, despite Covid-19 and Brexit, and to climb…
Zoopla predicts ‘a windfall for the market’ in Q1 2021 as transactions complete
House prices are up 2.6% on the year, according to Zoopla, but buyer demand is beginning to cool.