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Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a growing trend for estate agents to quit big-name corporates and either go independent or join US-style brokerages, a top...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Properties sold off market by a London agency found buyers more quickly, and for nearer the asking price, than those on the...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agent says 2019 is likely to see the continuation of last year’s trend where distressed sellers accept discounts...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features

A house in Mayfair that was sold for £19.175m in 2014 and put on the market this year at £25m has...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A buying agency says it has secured a prime London property for one of its clients at almost 40 per cent...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Wary buyers reluctant to risk buying a premium-priced property in the volatile prime central London market are adopting a perhaps-surprising tactic...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

London-focussed Buying agency Black Brick has launched a specialist service to cater for divorcing couples. The company - increasingly regarded by some...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agency says the Brexit transition deal will help central London’s fragile sales market. Caspar Harvard-Walls, a partner in the...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News

High-profile buying agency Black Brick has highlighted the scale of reductions now being made by sellers of some trophy properties in...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The well-respected buying agency Black Brick has revealed the scale of discounts it secures on prime properties being sold for different...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Respected buying agency Black Brick says there is evidence that prices in prime central London may be stabilising and transactions volumes...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Black Brick says its turnover in 2016 tripled to £3m with new business so far this year focussing increasingly on owner-occupier...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...
14 July 2017
From: Features

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...
04 March 2017
From: Features

A leading buying agency says there might be at least one upside to having The Donald in the White House -...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...
12 November 2016
From: Features

Estate agents and market analysts have spent 24 hours expressing their nervousness over the repercussions of Donald Trump's victory in the...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election. Camilla...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

An agency that has opened a new office in the controversial Nine Elms area of London has published research claiming that...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Housebuilder St Modwen has been forced to write down the value of the landmark Nine Elms regeneration scheme because “recent transactional...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading London buying agency is warning that some areas of prime central London could face a downturn following the Brexit...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...
17 June 2016
From: Features

The recent changes in stamp duty means some investors in high value locations like London are splitting their purchases to reduce...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Within 12 hours of Greece defaulting on repayment of part of a loan to the International Monetary Fund, a prime central...