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In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A developer operating in prime central London is offering buyers a deferred-payment scheme. K10 Group says it’s doing this because of the...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s not a big rise, but price growth has returned to the Prime Central London sales market for the first time...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...
21 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

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills has revised its market forecast for the enclaves of prime central London and now says prices will fall by 2.0...
10 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

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of branches closing - but there are...
06 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

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...
06 June 2020
From: Features

The popular and well respected ex-Knight Frank partner Tom Tangney has joined Rose & Partners, a boutique property firm serving prime...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...
14 March 2020
From: Features

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today understands that three senior figures have departed from a key central London branch of Knight Frank. Each of them was...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There are fears that the so-called Boris Bounce which saw a surge in activity after the General Election may be hitting...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A hub-style agency says it’s achieved what it calls a mega-sale - and claims it’s the largest ever by a hub...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...
25 January 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

Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says it’s achieved a big jump in London sales market share despite “an uncertain and difficult year that was dominated...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new buying agency has launched, aimed at well-heeled purchasers and sellers. Called Xander Prime it says it is “acting on behalf...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Prices in Prime Central London dipped again in November according to the property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio. Monthly average prices fell...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The legendary Mayfair estate agency Wetherell is linking with London’s Dexters chain in a new partnership. Wetherell, run by high profile chief...
03 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

The latest figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests new build sales have plummeted in prime areas of the capital...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

London’s specialist mews estate agency, Lurot Brand, is opening a new office in the capital. Established in 1971 and widely regarded as...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

London Central Portfolio, the investment consultancy which saw signs of an upturn in the prime market in the capital this autumn,...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The property market in prime central London showed some impressive signs of recovery during the summer months, according to Knight Frank. The...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A new estate agency, which claims to only hire property experts, has announced a new investment as well as the recruitment...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...
12 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

A housing market monitor that for some months has been pessimistic about London and the rest of the England and Wales...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...
22 August 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

Savills, once a safe bet for year-on-year growth, has seen its underlying UK residential profits plunge 44 per cent with economic...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Despite optimistic reports on prime London’s housing performance from some sources in recent weeks, figures from subscription service LonRes paint a...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An agent working at the buying arm of Knight Frank, The Buying Solution, is striking out to set up her own...
06 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

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...
30 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

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...
17 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

The practices of competitive bidding and sealed bids have made a 'surprise return' to the Prime Central London (PCL) property market,...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...
25 June 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

A high-end estate agency is reporting a dramatic rise in the number of US buyers in London as they have taken...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

New data from respected property consultancy LonRes shows that prices in prime central London fell 9.7 per cent in the 12...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Might the central London market gloom be broken by just a sliver of light? London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, has recently...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...
11 May 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

It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says the number of exchanges in Prime Central London in the year to the end of February slumped 14...
02 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

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Another estate agency has closed one of its prime London offices as the capital’s most exclusive areas continue to be hit...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

If anyone thought Brexit may allow domestic buyers a bigger share of the market, think again: no fewer than 57 per...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...
14 February 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...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Average prices of flats and houses in prime central London are now the same as they were six years ago; meanwhile...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The online publication aimed at London’s high-rolling property professionals, Prime Resi, has named what it believes to be the capital’s 10...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

High-end agency Savills says London’s super-rich are now buying and selling more actively than a year ago. The agency says London’s so-called...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A statement this morning by franchise agency Winkworth says lettings and property management now accounts for 50 per cent of its turnover. The...
16 January 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

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features

Estate agency Strutt & Parker says that despite Brexit and the economic and political uncertainty accompanying it, house prices in the...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A high-end estate agency selling some of the country’s most expensive homes says the possible currency falls resulting from Brexit chaos...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The closure of Foxtons’ Park Lane office and five other branches in the capital are merely the start of things to come...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Every cloud has a silver lining, and a high end prime central London estate agent appears to have found one from...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News

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

The LonRes data consultancy that monitors transactions right across prime central London says Brexit is the single biggest factor impacting the...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Two former High Street agents say their new hybrid agency has enjoyed an impressive launch gathering 40 instructions in just four...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker is bucking the trend on High Street offices by opening a new one - and in this case,...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Transactions across England and Wales in September dropped 7.6 per cent year on year while Prime Central London now sees fewer than...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Another high profile estate agency office in London has closed - this time a branch of Winkworth. The Richmond branch has been...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Foxtons has closed another London agency office - this time at Barnes in the borough...
09 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

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Transactions in prime central London have dropped nine per cent in the year to the end of August according to Knight...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s more bad news for the long-troubled Prime Central London market. A new analysis shows that transaction volumes have plunged 11.6 per cent...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A well-known London estate agency says it signing up to a US-based real estate franchise network run by billionaire Warren Buffett. From...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The chairman of LonRes says online estate agents have only a one per cent share of the market in prime central...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

LonRes says transactions in prime locations in London dropped another six per cent when the second quarter of 2018 is compared...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The London market continues to produce unexpected results with two high end agencies reporting contrasting fortunes. Half year figures released by Chestertons...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Prices and transaction volumes have both fallen again in Prime Central London according to the index produced by Central London Portfolio,...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Carter Jonas has doubled the footprint of its UK headquarters in prime central London. It’s added a further 6,760 square feet of...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The battered prime central London market is now suffering from the UK’s wider political volatility, the lack of stability of the...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A senior agent says an innovative business model allows him to work in prime central London - even though he lives in France. Former...
06 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

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

Transactions across Greater London have plummeted - they were down 7.9 per cent over the past three months and a whopping...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News

One of London’s best known high-end estate agents, Gary Hersham, says corruption crackdowns in this country and overseas may be deterring...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Another high end estate agency is reporting difficulties in the London market with Knight Frank saying prices are down in both...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker has repeated its warning that the market in prime central London could see a typical house price fall...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

An insider in a senior position in Humberts says the weekend announcement that it was in talks with proposed administrators to...
30 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...
06 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...
07 March 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

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today. If you haven’t caught this feature before, it’s a regular Monday opportunity...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The other day I met with two agents who have 30 years of property sales experience between them, and yet also...
17 February 2018
From: Features

The latest data from Knight Frank suggests that average prices in prime central London dropped 0.7 per cent in the year...
13 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Harding Green, an agency with a business model based on freelance associates earning commission of up to 70 per cent, says...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Home owners seeking lease extensions may now have to pay more as a result of a controversial judgement handed down by...
25 January 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

Claims by President Donald Trump that the US got a bad deal by selling its prime central London embassy and building...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

More price falls have been recorded across areas of prime London according to Savills. The pattern is not uniform - the agency...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...
16 December 2017
From: Features

A former Hamptons International and Savills agent is the first to join a ‘freelance agency’ set up in prime central London. In...
07 December 2017
From: Breaking News

John Taylor, a high-end international estate agency which until earlier this year had a presence in London, says it intends to...
05 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops predicts that average UK house prices will remain flat in 2018, with stamp duty, Brexit and political uncertainties taking their...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Despite growing concern about the health of the housing market, a string of estate agencies have made appointments this week. Connells Residential...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker is warning that Prime Central London prices could drop as much as five per cent in 2018 -...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The first of the major estate agency research teams to offer a forecast for the 2018 market has kicked off the...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Garrington Property Finders says some two-thirds of homes in two high-value parts of prime central London have been on sale for...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Carter Jonas has made three key appointments to beef up its London team. Simon Scott has joined as an associate partner in...
06 October 2017
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

Strutt & Parker has revealed its new board following the takeover by the real estate arm of French bank BNP Paribas. The...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Savills has revised its forecasts for the housing market and says that uncertainty over the impact of Brexit points to two...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The agent behind a new online service covering off-market homes in part of prime central London says his service will expand...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Harrods Estates has recruited an ex-Savills sales negotiator with 10 years of experience working in prime central London. Michael Harte, who will work...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A company launching later this month, set up by an ex-Chestertons agent, wants to employ over 20 freelance associates who can...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A former Savills agent and a former Sotheby’s and Knight Frank agent have joined forces to launch a new property consultancy...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing market remains mixed across different parts of the UK but London and the south east remain the weakest areas...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Long-established central London estate agency Kay & Co is opening what it calls “a stylish new boutique office” on the ground...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Beauchamp Estates has announced that it will have a fourth prime central London office following its merger with Marylebone-based Hanover. The Marylebone...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Two years of stagnation fuelled by Brexit uncertainty and stamp duty increases may be coming to an end in prime central...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops & Staff, a critic of the stamp duty system since its reform in 2014, now says the government should slash...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has issued forecasts for the housing market over the next two years amidst a warning that Brexit volatility is the...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The ‘lower priced’ 80 per cent of homes in prime central London are seeing price rises again, giving hope they have...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot by high-end agency Strutt & Parker reveals more bad news for London - despite the agency itself...
01 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
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Prime London house prices are now 5.3 per cent lower than at the time of the EU referendum admits Savills, following...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Average prices in prime central London remained flat in May but are down 6.6 per cent on the year according to...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...
03 June 2017
From: Features

Almost half the agents in London surveyed by LonRes say that 10 per cent or more of their vendor clients intend...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Transaction levels in Prime Central London (PCL) increased for the third consecutive quarter during Q1 2017, according to Strutt & Parker. However,...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The HomeOwners' Alliance says it has identified what it describes as "the UK's best performing agent" based on how much it...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The snap General Election on June 8 adds to uncertainty but does not significantly worsen the market for prime properties in...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Humberts - until now known as an agency operating predominantly in market towns across southern England - is opening a Mayfair office in...
24 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A well-informed industry article on the possible sale of Strutt & Parker to French bank BNP Paribas suggests that the deal,...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind a government move to create a register of overseas companies...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A group campaigning for the reform of money laundering and other accountability laws claims that billions of pounds worth of investment...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...
01 April 2017
From: Features

A former partner of Strutt & Parker in prime central London has set up his own firm to provide what he...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News

After a year of turbulence thanks to Brexit and the consequences of stamp duty changes, prime central London’s housing market appears...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Property Vision, one of the country’s oldest and most respected buying agencies, has added its voice to those saying that stamp...
14 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Prime Central London (PCL) property market finished 2016 on a high with transactions increasing by 36% between Q3 and Q4,...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News

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

High-end estate agency Knight Frank says prime central London prices are down as much as 14.0 per cent in the year to...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Sales in Prime Central London were down 21 per cent in the year to December according to investment consultancy London Central...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Another agency says price reductions of 10 per cent or more are often found in some prime central London areas such...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Two reports produced by Savills suggests continuing struggles for high-priced properties in prime locations to combat economic uncertainty and the deterrent...
23 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Prime central London’s housing market may be suffering a well-publicised downturn but one agency has defied the negative mood by launching...
17 January 2017
From: Breaking News

New data from LSL Property Services suggest that the image of London as one large housing market encountering difficulties at the...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The Treasury should review the impact of stamp duty on London's market given recent political and economic changes according to London...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion. But will 2017 be...
14 January 2017
From: Features

The extension of Inheritance Tax from April is likely to hinder the recovery of the battered prime central London market according...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A surge in sales of London properties to overseas buyers taking advantage of the Pound’s post-referendum collapse has helped Savills exceed...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents who subscribe to LonRes are being offered a personalised report builder offering sales and lettings data at postcode level, and...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Fraser & Co is opening a new office in the City of London, despite gloomy reports from other agencies about the...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Sales of homes in prime central London improved towards the end of 2016 says Savills - but only after prices were...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Eaton Square, in the heart of London’s wealthy Belgravia district, has been crowned the most expensive street in England and Wales,...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News

New data revealed by investment consultancy Central London Portfolio claims that transactions in prime central areas of the capital have dropped 24...
20 December 2016
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

Becky Fatemi of central London estate agency Rokstone says prime areas of the capital are to suffer a “prolonged phase of...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker has seen a fall in revenue and profits for the year ending April 30 - and it puts...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Prominent top end London estate agent Trevor Abrahmsohn says some homes in the higher levels of the market may now have...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Transaction volumes across all of London are 48 per cent lower than they were a year ago, claims an estate agency...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is the latest agency to cut staff on the prime London sales side because of the downturn. In an announcement...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have spent the weekend finalising their wish-list and lobbying MPs and government ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement. Top of the...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents selling homes at the high end of the market have generally welcomed the Daily Telegraph campaign to persuade the Chancellor...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says overseas buyers are not only benefitting from a significant drop in the effective price of central London properties...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News

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

Countrywide's regional director Martin Coombes has quit the company, having worked for it since the early 1990s. A statement to Estate Agent...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

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

It is too early to talk about a recovery in the long-term decline of the prime central London sales market despite...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Transaction levels are forecast to decline from around 1.22m this year to 1.08m next year as uncertainty causes some households to defer...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker says both the volume of sales and the sum of the selling prices of homes in Prime Central London...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features

The government has published details of the Criminal Finances Bill with prime central London property used for purposes of money laundering...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The eventual rebrand of former independent agency W A Ellis is set to be completed next year following the opening of...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the most respected buying agencies in the country, Property Vision, says the estate agency industry's turnover is down not because of...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The housing market has not fallen over in the wake of the Brexit vote, contrary to come predictions, “but there are...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

New data from Knight Frank shows that prime property prices have dipped by 0.1 per cent in the three months following...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The importance of overseas buyers in underpinning increasing elements of the capital’s housing market and won support from an unlikely quarter...
06 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A property analytics company has devised a method of calculating the ‘best’ locations in which to work as an estate agent,...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Marsh & Parsons is the latest agency to show a price drop in prime central London - homes there were down...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Brexit is set to weaken the wider economy and will lead to a small house price dip of one per cent...
22 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The managing director of an agency operating in prime central London and other high-value locations in southern England says the Open...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News

New data from LonRes shows that transaction volumes across the capital’s prime markets tumbled 41 per cent in the second quarter...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Prices of homes in Prime Central London have fallen across all sectors in the second quarter of the year and over...
10 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Sotheby’s has opened a new office in Belgravia, which it calls ‘the ultimate prime central London location,” to serve at its...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...
05 August 2016
From: Features

Another crowdfunding platform has launched, encouraging investors to buy a share in a property - in this case, a prime London...
29 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Buying agent Johnny Turnbull claims that 83.2 per cent of the properties sold in prime central London in the second quarter...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Referendum uncertainty - even before the shock Brexit vote itself - led prime central London prices to drop 1.4 per cent...
04 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 director of a high-end foreign-owned estate agency in prime central London says he is surprised that so many other figures...
27 June 2016
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

One of the country’s leading high-end buying agencies says it has ‘mystery shopped’ Purplebricks - with mixed results. For while it found its...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A high end international London estate agent says a Brexit will lead to increased sales of homes in prime central London...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Property consultancy Arcadis, which monitors construction and development around the world, wants Chancellor George Osborne to offer temporary stamp duty relief...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A high-end agency claims that despite prices falling in Prime Central London (PCL), demand was subdued in May due to the prospect...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Data company Propcision has quantified the scale of asking price reductions on some prime central London properties, with many dropping by...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Recent debate about a London market slowdown has clouded the fact that the areas seeing price falls are almost entirely in...
17 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents says it welcomes the government’s commitment to establish a public register of beneficial ownership information...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A property investment firm says a British exit from the EU may cause minimal damage to the prime London market and...
11 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty increases introduced in late 2014 are still having an impact on prime areas of London and have heralded...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Prime London agency Lurot Brand claims to have set a record sale price for a traditional London mews street in the...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The finance chief of one of the world’s largest property groups says a correction in the property market across western countries...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A former head of Savills’ buying arm says well-heeled overseas buyers are unphased by the recently-increased stamp duty on high value...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News

An analysis of homes on sale in every borough of London shows up to a third of properties in some areas...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Subletting of prime London lettings properties is a lucrative business. What began as a rogue trade over the course of several years,...
08 April 2016
From: Features

Strutt & Parker is to open a new agency office in South Kensington on June 1, despite ongoing uncertainty over the...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Savills says prices of homes in prime areas of London dipped in the first quarter of 2016 because of economic uncertainty...
01 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Winkworth, the franchise giant with most offices concentrated in or close to London, says the high-end of the capital’s prime market...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News

These days we have a wealth of information at our fingertips, the mere touch of a button or two provides more...
12 March 2016
From: Features

A vote by Britain to leave the European Union would be the saviour of the beleaguered high end housing market according...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Research from a residential investment consultancy throws light on the extraordinary large pipeline of new homes to be built in central London,...
08 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Morgan Stanley says fears over a possible UK exit from the EU and other global economic uncertainty could lead to “a...
03 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Uncertainty before the EU Referendum could lead to fewer house sales and reduce the number of new homes being built warns...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Cluttons is warning that the prime central London market may stagnate for at least the early part of this year thanks...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Sales volumes in Prime Central London slumped 17 per cent in the second half of last year compred to the same...
04 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A newspaper article claims that Rightmove and Zoopla are “awash” with what it calls “the unofficial resales of flats in developments...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News

An impressive piece of research by London agency Kay & Co chronicles a huge surge in the volume and price of...
01 February 2016
From: Breaking News

It is no secret that Prime Central London lettings offerings vary from the exquisite to the plain and ugly. The exquisite boasting...
22 January 2016
From: Features

Forget eMoov, easyProperty, Tepilo or Purplebricks. It appears the less well-known My Online Estate Agent has taken the honours for having the...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A major estate agency chain’s price index says average house prices in England and Wales have grown 6.6 per cent in...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has instructed Brands2Life to handle its PR, taking over from Instinctif Partners. Brands2Life, which is based in prime central London, won...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...
31 December 2015
From: Features

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...
24 December 2015
From: Features

Prime Central London’s residential values have risen 4.3 per cent over the past 12 months and now average £2.3m per property...
16 December 2015
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

There’s been shock and anger from agents - especially those in London - at the surprise news of an additional three...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A report from anti-corruption campaign group Transparency International says British estate agents reported only 179 suspicions of money laundering in a...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Bow Group - a think-tank that was previously a solid backer of the Tories but has recently flirted with UKIP...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne remains convinced that his stamp duty reforms of a year ago benefit over 95 per cent of home...
23 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The outgoing chief executive of the Nationwide building society, Graham Beale, is warning that prime central London house price rises of...
23 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Is it a stunt or a symptom of the central London’s stagnating housing market? A Knightsbridge estate agents is halving its fees...
17 November 2015
From: Breaking News

An online estate agency has taken on the established high-end agents by marketing a home in prime central London for £19.5m...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has issued housing market predictions for 2016 roughly in line with all those issued by rival high end agents...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Two of London’s highest profile buying agency operations have announced new team members. Prime Purchase - the buying arm of Savills -...
02 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Property journalists, and more than a few estate agents, are beginning their annual autumn ritual – forecasting what’s going to happen...
16 October 2015
From: Features

Prime Central London’s housing market will stagnate with no price growth at all next year, warns Savills. Even in 2017 price growth...
16 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The latest blow to the prime central London market has come from Knight Frank, the high end agency, which has slashed...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News

One of Britain's leading buying agencies say transactions at the very highest end of the London market may be as much...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has become the latest high-end agency to admit that the prime central London market is in the doldrums, with...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Savills and Knight Frank say prime central London property values dipped slightly over the summer with stamp duty still being blamed...
01 October 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...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Central London estate agent Lurot Brand has opened a new Notting Hill and Holland Park office. Founded by Antoine Lurot in 1971,...
09 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is the latest estate agent to admit that the prime London sales market is “subdued” - and it blames...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Labour leadership front-runner Jeremy Corbyn has suggested a party run by him would consider a ban on the purchase of homes...
04 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Housing minister has Brandon Lewis has thrown his weight behind the right of foreign investors to purchase buy to let properties,...
18 August 2015
From: Breaking News

London agency Barnard Marcus has secured what is believed to be a record sale price for a former council flat -...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Investors are extending their influence over the property market in prime central parts of London according to agency Marsh & Parsons. The...
06 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Transactions in prime central London have plummeted and prices per square foot have dipped. Data from LonRes shows that in the second...
04 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The head of research at lettings portal Lettingweb.com says the National Crime Agency’s claims about hundreds of billions of pounds of...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have been warned by the National Crime Agency that they must not hesitate to inform the authorities if they...
27 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A new-build penthouse in Mayfair, handled jointly by Knight Frank and Wetherell agencies, has broken the price record for any residential...
27 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A pressure group is calling for estate agents to conduct additional checks to ensure the legal provenance of buyers’ funds, and...
23 July 2015
From: Breaking News

An MP has tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the Land Registry to require greater transparency for overseas company purchases...
16 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Lord Sugar is to work with former TV Dragon and interior design guru Kelly Hoppen to design luxury apartments in the...
15 July 2015
From: Breaking News

We are accustomed to increasingly lavish CGIs, fly-throughs and even the (short-lived) 3D floor plan. Now the United States has led...
14 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The huge publicity surrounding the high prices of parking bays that have been sold in some parts of prime central London...
14 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is the latest body to warns its estate agent members that they have a legal...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of online agency easyProperty says the money laundering scandal exposed in Channel 4’s ‘From Russia With Cash’ would...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Research by the Financial Times shows that large numbers of flats at exclusive new London developments - led by Nine Elms...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a series of measures impacting on the property industry, including: Mortgage interest relief for buy-to-let homebuyers...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Channel 4 admits to using what it calls “unusual” secret filming techniques and an undercover reporter posing as a Russian politician to...
08 July 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...
02 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Prime central London house prices appear to have plateaued in recent weeks, failing to recover from the quiet pre-general election period...
01 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The high-end market in parts of prime central London is in the doldrums because of a glut of £2m-plus homes put...
29 June 2015
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of rising property values measured in price per square metre, suggests one location has risen 773 per cent...
25 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Some agents have recently suggested that the prime central London market is sluggish in the extreme - but now one agency...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News

A London agency has reported that it has not experienced the increase in sales and lettings it had expected after last...
10 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Figures from a prime central London agency show a 400 per cent rise in sales to African buyers in the year to...
11 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Raine Countess Spencer - the daughter of novelist Barbara Cartland - has opened the latest Harrods Estates prime central London branch...