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Our latest research has revealed London’s six best performing boroughs when it comes to positive property price growth. But a wider trend...
24 February 2024
From: Features
Savills has appointed Mark Redfern to head its Notting Hill sales department. Having worked in the prime central London property market for...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Demand for residential property remains fragile despite a pause in interest rate rises, Knight Frank claims. While the number of new prospective...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime London property values are not falling as far as the rest of the market but realistic pricing will be crucial...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Higher mortgage rates have replaced the 'race for space' as the primary reason for buying outside of London this year, research...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The London property market is facing a "bleak" second half of the year, the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) has...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The air is slowly coming out of the prime London property market, Knight Frank claims but the agent has said it...
29 June 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
Newly established prime London property consultancy Tyburn, has reported the completion of multiple deals worth in excess of £60m in its...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The pandemic has left a “structural and lasting impact” on London’s property market, Chestertons claims. Analysis of Land Registry data by the...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The London property market has started the year better than expected, with sales instructions and buyer demand both rising, according to...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The return of commuters and international buyers has seen buyer demand return to 2019 levels, a major London agent claims. Dominic Agace,...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Rich Americans will dominate ultra-premium property purchases in 2023, Beauchamp Estates claims. The luxury agent suggests that the strength of the dollar...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
It has been a mixed year for prime London markets, with some areas faring better than others when it comes to...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Buyers are hesitant but haven’t disappeared form the prime London market, Knight Frank claims. The agent’s latest prime London property report shows...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
It has been another busy month for job moves in the estate agency sector. Here are some of the latest moves that...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Demand for prime London property from Americans doubled between September and October due to favourable dollar exchange rates and increased investor...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The prime central London (PCL) market may escape a property downturn, JLL claims. The real estate and agency brand has highlighted the...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
There are no signs of a post-summer lull in the property jobs market. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The government’s Stamp Duty reforms could provide a boost to homebuilding in the UK, a property investor claims. Real estate investor Alliance...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s taken Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the UK to finally take a much-needed step in the right direction to stop...
13 August 2022
From: Features
Global property firm Knight Frank has revealed the pipeline of transactions in prime London residential markets grew further in July as...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime London sales activity remains above pre-pandemic levels despite an annual drop, figures suggests. Analysis of the prime London market for the...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank is predicting a post-summer slump in the prime London property market. It comes despite its data for the second quarter...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The recovery of the prime central London property market is being hampered by a lack of international buyers and Russia’s invasion...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Upmarket agent Beauchamp Estates has hailed the return of wealthy buyers to London after selling the home of two former Lebanon...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The founder of London property consultancy and agency The Landmark Partnership has launched an auction brand. Tommy Hughes, who has worked in...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
This question is not as flippant as it sounds because over recent years the status of the private landlord has taken...
11 June 2022
From: Features
Rising house prices have rendered the government’s Help to Buy ISA scheme useless, an analyst claims. The Help to Buy ISA saving...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Houses continued to be the preferred property type for prime London buyers last month as flat sales continue to struggle amid...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A Canadian investment fund with a roughly two per cent share in Foxtons is arguing for the agency to be put...
17 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
Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
It appears that new controls on property ownership may feature in future sanctions against Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine. Prime...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Stamp duty statistics show that the introduction of a two per cent surcharge on residential properties by overseas buyers, means HM...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
House prices are up by as much as £100,000 on this time last year according to a mortgage company. Research by the...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Every year we at EAT are impressed by the pleasingly political festive cards sent out by the STANLEY Chelsea agency -...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agency that three years ago launched saying that High Street offices were unnecessary has had a rethink - and...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A business once called “the UK’s poshest estate agent” has revealed that it’s under new management. Bective - formerly called Bective Leslie...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak says HM Revenue & Customs will probe any alleged wrongdoing in property purchases included in the so-called Pandora...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
More buyers in prime central London are choosing larger properties - a function of the pandemic and the race for space. That’s...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is opening four new branches this year. KFH recently opened new lettings offices in Brook Green...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
London property is still a draw for the wealthiest in the world according to Knight Frank. Despite international travel restrictions, the number...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
London agency Benham and Reeves says a new analysis it’s conducted of the capital’s property market since last summer shows a...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
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
An agency says it now sells more prime London properties than any of its rivals. Chestertons makes the claim based on figures...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...
19 December 2020
From: Features
A new survey of prime London property shows 21 per cent of homes on sale have had their asking prices cut...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...
22 October 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
The green light for a vacant office building in the capital to be redeveloped into residential housing has been given after...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
In the week the Nationwide recorded the UK’s highest ever average house price, high-end agency Savills has forecast that prime markets...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...
31 July 2020
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
Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Housing Minister Chris Pincher and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick stayed well clear of the Dominic Cummings row over the weekend -...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The advantage given to overseas buyers when Sterling weakened during the long-running Brexit saga has returned with the arrival of the...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...
19 February 2020
From: Features
After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features
Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, is to open three new offices in the New Year. The...
24 December 2019
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
London-focussed business-to-business deal data service LonRes has acquired an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy specialising in residential and commercial property. Financial Crime Services,...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News
London agency Foxtons has announced some management changes - the first since a shareholder revolt at the firm’s annual general meeting...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
High end agency Knight Frank says prices in prime central London have fallen again - although the 4.4 per cent drop...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Property portal Rightmove has confirmed that it is trialling an option which allows buyers of commercial properties to submit offers online...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Homes in central parts of London sold for a typical 11.5 per cent below asking price in the first three months...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A property in London’s Mayfair has a price tag of £23m and is being sold via a system allowing interested parties...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News
It's been another busy 24 hours for publicly-quoted estate agencies. Swiss investment bank UBS has increased its stake in the troubled London...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A portal specialising in prime and super-prime London property has turned perceptions of the capital’s housing market on their head -...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A writer for the influential financial publication Money Week says investors should “steer clear” of Foxtons - at least for now. Sarah...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Three ultra-high-value London properties cannot be sold while a money laundering investigation continues. The houses have not been identified but were most...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has warned shareholders and the City that sales volumes are at a “record low” and that the agency suffered another fall...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A new portal for the prime London property market has launched this week, recruiting a string of big-name agents. Vyomm, founded by...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A top London estate agency says interest in the capital's residential property from US and Indian buyers has soared over the...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News
London agency Chestertons is launching a franchise offering which will allow businesses outside of the capital to operate under the Chestertons...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A statement from London-focussed agency Chestertons claims to have bucked the poor market in the capital - and says it’s partly...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
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
A long running property magazine delivered to homes in prime areas of London has shut down with immediate effect. London Property had...
03 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Agents appear to be speaking with one voice in response to the latest house price index, saying that once Brexit is...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
New data from LonRes shows that prices of homes in three key prime areas of London tumbled 5.7 per cent last...