SELLING Q&A May 6, 2010 MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY HUNT Q. Dear Russell, I’m selling my home but it is taking ages. How do I know if the buyer is stalling? A. The key is to have a good solicitor on board who is a specialist in residential property rather than a generalist. They will be able to deal with [...]
PROPERTY NEWS September 2, 2010 SAVILLS RESIDENTIAL AUCTION Put your hat in the ring for a bargain at Savills’ next residential auction, which will be held on Monday 13 September at the Royal Garden Hotel. One property of interest is Lot 138, 27 Derby Street in Colne, Lancashire (pictured) – a two-bedroom terrace house in need of modernisation going with [...]
PROPERTY NEWS September 23, 2010 BRUSSELS PENTHOUSES International developer Thornsett Group yesterday launched six duplex and triplex penthouses at Leopold Village in the heart of Brussels’ European district and with stunning views over the city. The penthouses cost from €750,000 excluding taxes. Contact: +32 2 280 3034, www.leopoldvillage.com. SAVILLS’ AUCTION SUCCESS Savills’ latest residential auction raised £19.5m with a success [...]
PROPERTY NEWS September 23, 2010 BRUSSELS PENTHOUSES International developer Thornsett Group yesterday launched six duplex and triplex penthouses at Leopold Village in the heart of Brussels’ European district and with stunning views over the city. The penthouses cost from €750,000 excluding taxes. Contact: +32 2 280 3034, www.leopoldvillage.com. SAVILLS’ AUCTION SUCCESS Savills’ latest residential auction raised £19.5m with a success [...]
PROPERTY NEWS September 9, 2010 HAMPTONS RELEASES IPAD APPLICATION Hamptons International has this week become the first UK residental estate agent to launch an app for the iPad. The app allows you to view high-resolution photos and floorplans for properties and to pinpoint the location of properties on a full-screen map. You can also use GPS to search for properties [...]
PROPERTY NEWS September 9, 2010 HAMPTONS RELEASES IPAD APPLICATION Hamptons International has this week become the first UK residental estate agent to launch an app for the iPad. The app allows you to view high-resolution photos and floorplans for properties and to pinpoint the location of properties on a full-screen map. You can also use GPS to search for properties [...]
Sexier reasons for Soho investment October 7, 2010 SOHO is said to have been home to popular culture’s edgier side for the last 200 years: 18th century communists, beatniks and the swinging side of the sixties. Not exactly the kind of place respectable folk want to call home. Or so you may have thought. The area is undergoing what nostalgists might call “sterilisation”. [...]
Kirsh vows to oust Minerva management September 5, 2010 BILLIONAIRE investor and activist shareholder Natie Kirsh is gearing up to oust the bosses of property developer Minerva this week. The 78-year-old owner of investment firm KiFin forced Minerva to call an extraordinary shareholder meeting to be held this Wednesday, where he will ask investors to vote on whether to retain chief executive Salmaan Hasan [...]
Grosvenor hit by £500m fall in its portfolio April 15, 2010 THE value of the Duke of Westminster’s property portfolio slumped by £500m last year, following plummeting housing prices during the recession. His property group, Grosvenor, which is renowned for its ownership of palatial properties in Belgravia and Mayfair, saw the value of its estate tumble to £5.22bn from £6.17bn in 2008. The group reported a [...]
PROPERTY NEWS September 16, 2010 FOODIE BRITS FORK OUT FOR KITCHEN UPGRADES A poor economic climate combined with the popularity of television cookery shows has encouraged homeowners to fork out almost twice as much on their kitchens than on any other part of the home, property website Rightmove said earlier this week. Its survey found that over the past year [...]