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Agency seals trio of £20mn-plus sales in St John’s Wood as top-end buyers pounce
Savills reports £130mn pre-Budget transaction flurry in prestigious NW London neighbourhood - and predicts a busier-than-usual close to the year.
Top-end buyers hit pause as Budget fears stall £5mn+ deals
Transactions at the upper end of the Prime London market were down by over 40% last month, reports LonRes, as the start of the autumn selling season falls flat.
Top-end buyers downsize in London as Dubai, Miami & French Riviera woo world’s wealthiest
Competition from other wealth centres, concerns about a Labour government & taxation worries have led billionaires to spend less & buy smaller homes in PCL this year, reports Beauchamp Estates.
Muted May for Prime London sales as buyers hold back
'Feedback from agents certainly points to a tricky market,' reports LonRes, as transactions tumble & price reductions soar.
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Investor-developer acquires 86-unit PCL portfolio for £28mn
'A few years ago, you simply wouldn’t have seen assets of this quality and in these locations pricing at that level,' said Leufroy, which has exchanged on a quartet of buildings in Notting Hill & Kensington.
Prime London property market heading for ‘worst year since Covid’
18% fewer £5mn+ sales have been recorded in London this year compared to 2024, while no deals have gone through above £50mn.
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RBKC signs off on £10bn Earls Court scheme
Decision completes dual-borough backing for the transformation of central London's biggest cleared development site.
Deal sealed on £17.5mn Cadogan Square restoration project
Rare unmod opp on the famous garden square could become one of RBKC’s finest residences, say agents.
Harding Green acquires boutique NW London agency
Laurence Leigh Residential has been running since 2007.
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Agency lists 1/8th share of Mayfair penthouse for £1.05mn
Fractional ownership is catching on with PCL buyers, says Russell Simpson, as a share in a 'sublime' duplex on historic Queen Street goes on the market.
Branded Residences: Louis Keighley on what’s still missing from the sector
Savills' Global Residential Development Consultancy chief identifies three big opportunities in the rapidly expanding branded resi arena...
1720s Bloomsbury gem with A-list fashion pedigree hits the rental market
In Pictures: Grade II* listed early Georgian townhouse on Great James Street was restored by the co-creators of US labels Skims and Good American.
Behind the Schemes: Top architect designs his own family home in North London
RHA founder Robert Hirschfield applied his studio’s guiding philosophy to the reworking of his personal residence - here’s the result...
Country house market set for ‘buoyant’ start to 2026 following ‘record-breaking’ December
Buyer & seller confidence is 'really returning across the market,' says Strutt & Parker's Oliver Custance Baker.
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