PROPERTY HOTSPOTTER - MAY

Follow the agents who follow the money

Who opened or expanded branches in April

Cote d'Azur (multiple locations) – Knight Frank (PS: Christies International Real Estate extended its affiliate network there in March)


St Jean Cap Ferrat (Cote d'Azur) - Michael Zingraf


Villefranche sur mer (Cote d' Azur) - Nice Properties

Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Hamptons and Palm Beach, Florida – Hamptons International (marketing agreement with New York-based Corcoran)

Wandsworth and Battersea (London) - Hamptons International

Earls Court (London) – Marsh & Parsons

PROPERTY HOTSPOTTER is updated monthly. It lists which estate agents opened or expanded branches, or formed new affiliations, in the previous month.

Estate agents open or expand operations in an area when their research shows demand is rising, so this can indicate a future property hotspot.

See my Financial Times article on where and why agents expand by clicking on this link http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/28b251d0-428d-11e1-93ea-00144feab49a.html#axzz1rARj2Xfz

If you want to add any branch openings/expansions to this list please add them to the comments section or tweet me @richardgwarren or email me at richard.warren@rocketmail.com

Thanks to buyers agent, Rebecca Russell, for some of the Cote d'Azur information. Her website: http://www.frenchentree.com/nice-property-finder/