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How London’s top design studios are finding the right work-life balance for a post-Covid world
With input from some PCL’s best-known super-prime designers, recruitment specialist Jason Bailey looks at how studios are managing the balance of working from home and the return to office life…
In Pictures: Aston Martin-branded penthouses promise ‘the next level of luxury’
Three-quarters of G&G’s Aston Martin Residences in Miami have been sold so far; now the Signature Collection of marquee penthouse apartments has been launched…
House prices: Why the risks of a fall are higher than most people think
“The fact that house prices have been rising quickly over the last year makes the market more vulnerable to external shocks to the economy,” says Professor Geoff Meen, as he warns “there are numerous conventional reasons to at least expect some slowdown in the growth of house prices.”
SDLT holiday ‘has had no noteworthy effect on the more expensive postcodes’ – John D Wood
While many areas saw record transaction levels ahead of the tax deadline, volumes were no different to previous years in RBKC, reports the agency.
Rental demand reaches an all-time high
Propertymark member branches have an average of 97 tenants on their books, up from 82 in April. It’s the highest figure on record for the month of May, significantly higher than last year’s 70.
Knight Frank reports record deal volumes amid tax deadline frenzy
The agency carried out the highest number of UK transactions on record last month, but is now expecting a ‘return to normality’…
Historic Bristol Zoo sites to be offered for sale with resi development plans
Savills has been instructed to find a buyer for Bristol Zoo Gardens in Clifton. Proposals for a residential development are being drawn up for the “nationally significant” site before marketing properly begins.
Landmark Edinburgh school site returns to the open market
The imposing former Royal High School building on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill has lain largely empty since the 1960s. It’s been the subject of a realm of development proposals, from a luxury hotel to a home for the Scottish Parliament, a music school, and a national photography centre.
Rare Portland Place mansion goes to best bids
Overseas buyer snaffles grand Grade II* townhouse on one of the capital’s most famous thoroughfares.
Cadogan Estate value drops £795m
300-year-old property empire Cadogan valued its swathe of Chelsea at £4.8 billion in 2020, £795 million less than before the pandemic. But Chief High Seaborn says the business has already “recovered fast and well”.