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  • City Moves for 20 January: Who is switching jobs in the Square Mile this week?

    January 20, 2021

    Snakes and Ladders provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Real estate and construction companies appear to be bustling in the capital with new projects and appointments across the UK. This week, Cromwell, Redrow and Savills boosted their firms with new appointments and [...]

  • Real estate giant Savills reports ‘extraordinary rebound’ for markets outside London

    January 14, 2021

    Savills reported this morning an “extraordinary rebound” since May as regional markets outside London delivered its strongest performance since the 2008 financial crisis. The estate agent said profits topped expectations in 2020 but the firm hesitated to give guidance for the new year amid Covid-19 uncertainty. Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the group delivered [...]

  • Sunday Talk: Mark Ridley, CEO of real estate giant Savills

    January 2, 2021

    In a wide-ranging interview, City A.M. discusses fundraising challenges, Brexit and the shift to home working with Mark Ridley, who has been the group CEO of Savills since 2019, the London-based, LSE-listed real estate services giant which had a revenue of £1.93bn in 2019 and currently employs around 40,000 people in the UK and across Europe. The [...]

  • Exclusive: Cautious investors reluctant to launch funds in polarised market, says Savills CEO

    November 25, 2020

    Institutional investors are increasingly reluctant to pour capital into property funds, as the pandemic has turned the sector’s investment cycle upside down, according to Savills group CEO Mark Ridley. Speaking exclusively to City A.M., Ridley said during a wide-ranging interview that October alone saw the third highest level of monthly redemptions ever experienced by open-ended UK real [...]

  • Savills reports sharp drop in profit due to coronavirus crisis

    August 6, 2020

    Estate agent Savills reported a sharp drop in profit in the first half of the year due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the UK housing market. The figures In the six months ended 30 June, group revenue fell seven per cent to £791.4m. Underlying group profit before tax plunged 66 per cent [...]

  • Savills profit jumps after UK post-election bounce

    March 12, 2020

    Property advisor Savills reported a jump in full-year profit as a surge in UK business after the general election helped to offset Brexit uncertainty and disruption in Hong Kong.  The figures Group revenue increased ten per cent to £1.93bn driven by a strong performance and profit before tax increase six per cent to £115.6m, compared [...]

  • Savills’ sales ‘resilient’ despite Brexit and Hong Kong protests

    January 13, 2020

    Estate agent Savills said sales were resilient last year despite political uncertainty related to Brexit, adding that the UK market picked up following Boris Johnson’s election victory. In a trading update this morning the company said full-year results will be at the upper end of expectations following an “excellent performance” in the UK, growth in [...]

  • Property investment plummets in first half as Brexit uncertainty hampers market

    August 8, 2019

    British commercial property investment plunged by a third in the first half of the year because of Brexit-related uncertainty, while residential transactions were at their lowest since the global financial crisis, according to real estate giant Savills. Investment activity in greater London commercial property fell 31 per cent in the first half of 2019, while [...]

  • Why student housing is a first-class honours investment

    April 4, 2019

    When it comes to the UK property market, an investment in knowledge clearly pays off. High yields, low risk, and fast returns are just a few of the reasons reasons luxury student housing has become the new essential in any high-net-worth individuals’ investment portfolio. While many of the UK’s older generation will reminisce of sub-standard [...]

  • Savills profits slide as it warns of tough year ahead amid Brexit uncertainty

    March 14, 2019

    Property firm Savills has posted a three per cent slip in profit before tax in 2018 as it warned of a decline in transaction volumes over the year ahead. Read more: Savills to hit 2018 targets but warns of uncertainty in the year ahead The figures Group revenue rose 10 per cent to £1.76bn. Profit before [...]

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