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Super-prime buyers trade Knightsbridge & Mayfair for the mansions of St John’s Wood
The market for houses in NW8 has forged ahead over the last 18 months, outperforming every other area of Prime Central London.
Channel Island mansion asks £39.95m, aiming for a new price record
Built in 2014, La Maison de la Vallette on Jersey “ranks as one of the finest private residences to have been created in Britain in recent years.”
UOL completes landmark Bishopsgate Plaza project
Singapore’s UOL Group has completed its debut UK project, delivering 160 luxury apartments and a new hotel in a new tower in the City of London.
JLL takes on Airbnb with new short-term rental platform
The global real estate agency is tapping into soaring demand for flexible renting as part of an ‘aggressive’ expansion of its resi business.
Ireland’s top estate agency eyes a UK return
100-branch estate agency Sherry Fitzgerald has reportedly hired PwC to explore private equity investment options.
The average pandemic home-seller made a six-figure profit
Savills has looked into how much “profit” people made from selling their home during the pandemic, thanks to rampant house price inflation.
UK property price inflation slows to +8%
July say the biggest monthly drop in average house prices since 1992, according to the latest official house price data.
£2.3bn of London property purchases were driven by education last year
4% of purchases by ultra-high-net-worth individuals globally are motivated by this one factor, according to new research.
Kensington townhouse built for Queen Victoria’s money man offered for £19m
This high-spec house on Cranley Gardens was originally home to Lord de Tabley, Treasurer to Queen Victoria.
Buyers are facing the most competitive property market on record – Rightmove
Asking prices have reached an all-time high, says Rightmove, as competition among potential buyers to secure their next home is now more than double what it was this time in 2019.