"Alexandre Wodka has joined Savills in France to lead the investment team from its national headquarters in Paris."

"Savills analysis of the implications of the forthcoming regulation in the Dutch housing market has shown that the Randstad, consisting primarily of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht, and the larger cities in Brabant will experience the greatest negative effect of the new regulation. This is in line with the objective of the Affordable Housing Programme of making housing more affordable. However, this will also increase the number of people looking for affordable homes, which means that the ultimate goal of the Programme, making housing accessible to everyone, will not be achieved in practice."

"Record levels of take-up again on horizon for 2022"

"Savills has hired Barbora Jansová who joined its Building & Project Consultancy team on  1 September 2022. Based in Savills Prague office, the new ESG Consultant & Project Manager will work alongside the Head of BPC, Jan Jurčíček."

"According to Savills latest research, London City, Hamburg, London West End, Frankfurt and Berlin’s office markets remain the most attractively priced in Europe, buoyed by a more positive rental outlook over the next five years and recent yield softening in the top 7 German office markets."

"Leading international investment bank Haitong Group has prolonged its office space lease in the Lumen office building owned and managed by Globalworth. The office of almost 1,200 sqm is to be remodelled by Globalworth’s Workspaces department."

"To support the delivery of housing, the government should seek to maintain the effective 2% stamp duty rate, as empirical evidence suggests that when additional development costs are incurred, they are passed on to the end purchaser"

"Buswells Hotel is being offered for sale as a trading hotel by Savills - the historic hotel in a trophy Dublin location is surrounded by prime offices, retail, 5 star hotels, Trinity College, St. Stephens Green and the Dail (Irish Parliament)"

"Savills research has observed that venture capital (VC) funding into European life sciences has grown by 24% per annum over the last five years, reaching €10bn during 2021, with drug discovery and biotechnology raising the most capital."

"Bart Oosterhuis has joined Savills Netherlands as an ESG advisor with immediate effect. He will complement the local ESG team, which includes ESG advisor Iris Kampers. Together they are responsible for the internal ESG strategy and external ESG advice for Savills clients in the Netherlands."