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More than a third of homes have declined in value over the past six months, Zoopla data shows. It comes despite the...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The prime London property market appears to be finding a new level as sales, demand and prices slide, LonRes claims. Figures from...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Higher utility and staffing costs pushed profits down in Savills’ UK residential business last year. The property and agency brand revealed in...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
High end estate agency Savills says the imposition of sanctions on Russians, amid new measures obliging overseas buyers to be more...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...
05 March 2022
From: Features
The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...
25 January 2020
From: Features
Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...
11 January 2020
From: Features
A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News
House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide. However, annual...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features
Respected investment consultancy London Central Portfolio is warning that “sales go on falling and falling” across the capital, fuelled by Brexit...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
An early sign of a possible recovery in the London housing market may be appearing, according to data consultancy Hometrack. It’s just...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...
13 October 2018
From: Features
Savills is warning that heightened uncertainty around Brexit negotiations will delay recovery in the prime central London housing market for up...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Foxtons is shutting its Park Lane office - the flagship of the agency in prime central London’s Mayfair. Estate Agent Today was...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...
28 July 2018
From: Features
Foxtons share price hit a new low yesterday, dropping to only 46p early in the afternoon: it eventually closed narrowly up...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Two more price reports from high-end agencies make grim reading about the prime London housing market. New data from Savills suggests that...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News
House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
House price indices provided each month by Halifax and the Nationwide have been branded as “misguiding” and “out of date” and...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News
London’s prime central market is turning around at last according to the chief executive of Belgravia estate agency Henry & James. James...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News
UBS says London's housing market still faces the risk of becoming a bubble - although that risk has marginally eased over...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Foxtons - a company seen by many as a barometer of the London housing market - is likely to face a...
10 July 2017
From: Breaking News
The chief economist of Price Waterhouse Coopers says that although by some measures the London housing market looks ripe for a...
06 July 2017
From: Breaking News
New research by business information firm Bloomberg suggests many thousands of London’s financial services jobs are under threat thanks to Brexit...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has received lavish praise from investment consultancy Jefferies despite long-term share price worries reflecting its mixed performance in the troubled...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Prices are wobbling in the London housing market, with the referendum and ongoing currency fluctuations being two of the major causes. That...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News
There has been more volatile stock market trading for some of the industry’s highest-profile agencies. Countrywide - whose chief executive Alison Platt...
15 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Countrywide says the current malaise in the central London housing market is not, as many agents and commentators suggest, simply down...
01 December 2015
From: Breaking News
An estate agency claims there is a “contagion” spreading across the prime London housing market with sales reduced drastically thanks to...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News
The gap between house prices in London and other major regional cities is at its widest for 20 years, according to...
25 September 2015
From: Breaking News
Data from Countrywide Group shows the potential volatility that exists in the much-discussed Prime Central London housing market, simply because of...