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Redbook broadens ‘curated introductions’ service to buying & selling agents
Sandy Mitchell & Tom Adams’ Redbook Agency is now matching clients with buying agents and selling agents in both London and the country.
Qatari Diar appoints new PR agency to promote Chelsea Barracks
Bacchus has been brought in to help market Qatari Diar’s flagship Chelsea Barracks scheme.
Martin’s offloads six properties for £22m
Chelsea-based developer/investor Martin’s Properties has sold six “non-core” assets for a combined £22m, including a mixed-use block in SW3 to Store House for £7.35m.
Interview: Jess Simpson on the country market revival & why the property industry needs to embrace flexible working
PrimeResi meets top buying agent Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills director and the former head of Strutt & Parker’s buying arm, who set up her eponymous firm in 2018 and now heads an all-female team specialising in acquiring country houses, estates and farmland across England. Here, she discusses the remarkable resurgence in the country market over the last 12 months, her most challenging searches to date, and the importance of letting your own success speak for itself…
One year on: Five emerging trends that will shape post-pandemic cities
While we cannot be certain what new normal will emerge in our cities, the acceleration of several emerging trends over the last year has helped to elucidate the general direction of travel, writes Ciaran Hagan - Savills
In Pictures: The best historic house restoration projects of the year
The saving of Harold Peto’s cloisters at Iford Manor in Wiltshire has been recognised as the best historic house restoration project of the last year by the Historic Houses Association and Sotheby’s.
Cornwall overtakes London as Britain’s most searched-for property location
“The huge population of London means that traditionally it’s the most searched for location,” says Rightmove, “but the appeal of the coast and the countryside over the past year has seen Cornwall crowned the new capital.”
Entire luxury apartment scheme hits the market in Marylebone
Grand Grade II listed building with links to Sherlock Holmes has just emerged from a five-year renovation programme. - Ashton Chase and Beauchamp Estates
Notting Hill mansion heads to the auction block
Detached Italianate stunner, currently in hotel use, is guided at £3.5m+ - Allsop
Ellingworth on leasehold reform: Be careful what you wish for…
Charlie Ellingworth, Property Vision runs through the potential implications – and unintended consequences – of the government’s latest proposals to up-end the ancient leasehold system.
