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![Buying agent boosted by increased cash sales](/upload/images/1%20House_pound-400x310.png)
Prime buying agency Black Brick has seen cash buyers double this year. Data from the buying agent shows 66% of clients have...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![“No market” for some prime London flats without outside space](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Corporates lose more and more agents to self-employment - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Big Tory win: but agents warn over Stamp Duty and Section 21](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Treat Johnson’s stamp duty promises with caution, say top agents](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![What now for the agency industry as Boris Johnson takes over?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Some homes should not be marketed on portals, says agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agents Do Charity - wining, dining, dressing up and cleaning the mud off...](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Distressed sellers offer 20% discounts on London off-plan homes](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![What next for property in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Deal or No Deal? Housing market will improve post-Brexit says top agent](/img/default/eat.png)
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
!['Desperate' stamp duty surcharge will hurt London market - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Buying agency secures prime London home almost 40% below asking price](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Devastating impact of stamp duty revealed in buying agency's data](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Warning over asking prices not standing up to professional scrutiny](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agents Do Charity - from front doors to wild gardens...](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![The Split - Agency sets up team to handle divorcing clients](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Slashed asking prices on 'super-prime' houses highlighted by buying agency](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![New-build glut adds volatility to improving central London market](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Buying agency turnover triples as focus shifts to owner-occupiers](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Cash deals and off-market sales more popular says leading buying agent](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![London’s prime housing market is no longer roaring](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Budget 2017 wishlist: Expectations from the property sector](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Could Trump's travel ban have a silver lining for UK property?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![What next for property in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![What does a Donald Trump win mean for the UK property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![London's housing market may benefit from Trump, insist estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Trump wins: industry reacts but agency share prices generally stable](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![More trouble for landmark housing scheme as another fund halts](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Brexit may trigger prime London slump - but not for 'the global elite'](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![What will happen to the housing market if Britain leaves the EU?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![London investors split deals to minimise stamp duty - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The recent changes in stamp duty means some investors in high value locations like London are splitting their purchases to reduce...