BREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 04/07/2022

Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X.   PRESS RELEASE: Backing by real estate market leaders ING Ventures, JLL Spark, Blackstone and Concrete VC will help accelerate PRODA’s efforts to scale its transformative rent roll data platform PRODA, the London-based data processing and analysis platform, has announced the completion of its Series A…

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Savills announces strong results from continued growth across its global network.

Savills plc today announced preliminary results for the full year ended 31st December 2017. Savills plc, announced strong results from continued growth across its global network. Commenting on the results, Jeremy Helsby, Group Chief Executive, said: “Savills has delivered another strong performance in 2017. Revenue and profits grew in each of our global Transaction Advisory,…

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Savills awarded Residential Adviser of the Year

This week at a gala ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s West End,  Savills the global real estate services provider was  awarded Residential Adviser of the Year for a second consecutive year at the 2017 Estates Gazette Awards. Richard Rees, head of UK Development, was there to accept the award and commented;…

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The auction room this month saw significant activity from commercial bidders looking for investment opportunities says Savills

News release yesterday 19th June 2017 from Savills headlines ‘June sees jump in sales at Savills regional auction’. A packed room and competitive pricing saw over £2.6 million raised at the latest Savills regional auction in Nottingham, which took place at the city’s racecourse on Thursday 8th June 2017. Victor Ktori, head of office at…

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Savills Plc announce they have traded in line with expectations.

Savills plc, the international real estate advisor, held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday 9th May 2017, they announced that during the year to date Savills has traded in line with  expectations and ahead of the corresponding period in 2016, both as reported and on a constant currency basis. In relation to the UK Prime…

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Sellers need to adjust their expectations of value says Savills

A recent UK news release from Savills published 24th April on their website headlined ‘Prime housing markets continue to adjust to uncertain times’. In the leading paragraph the report states:  The UK’s prime regional housing markets have performed more strongly than London’s top postcodes for over two years. Lucian Cook, Savills head of residential research,…

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Savills announce that they have acquired Independent Estate Agent Granville Residential

Savills announced yesterday 11th April 2017 that it has acquired Granville Residential, one of the best known independent estate agents covering the Marlow, Maidenhead, Bourne End and Cookham area in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. Savills stated that Granville Residential joins their network of 89 residential offices across the UK and an international network of over 700…

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Savills PLC announces record results

Savills plc, the international real estate advisor, today announces record results as the Group benefits from market share growth in key markets and its broad spread of services across the globe. Key Operating Highlights leads: The strength of our key commercial market positions, growth in Investment Management and the resilience of our residential businesses led…

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Savills anticipate no price growth over the next 2 years for prime London

News release published yesterday 5th January from Savills headlined ‘Realistic pricing delivers a boost to prime London Sales volumes’. Savills the International Real Estate Adviser stated,  higher taxes and political and economic uncertainty continued to suppress prime London residential values throughout 2016,  but as prices became more aligned with buyer expectations of value so the…

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young homeowner numbers plummets by more than half in 20yrs

New research by Savills for the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals that 46% of all 25-year-olds owned their home 20 years ago. In a generational shift, only 20% of 25-year-olds are on the housing ladder today, average house prices are now at 7.9 times average earnings, with the need for a high deposit creating an…

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Period of adjustment for Prime Central London property

Property prices in Prime Central London are expected to be lower by the end of 2016 as buyers sit it out and wait for the Brexit negotiations to unfold, however by 2019 they are expected to be moving up again, according to a recent report. It is expected that In the next five years, prime…

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Top performing schools add value to homes.

A news article from Savills yesterday on their website  headlined ‘Top Schools add up to 20% to house prices’. They stated in the introduction that: Homes in the vicinity of the top performing independent schools command a 25 per cent over the average for their region, while the clamour for homes close to the best…

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Savills PLC latest half year results

Savills plc, the international real estate advisor, yesterday announced its unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. Commenting on the results, Jeremy Helsby, Group Chief Executive of Savills plc, said:  “Savills has delivered a strong first half performance with revenue growth across the Group. The resilience of our less transactionally focused businesses,…

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