Main image: The converted Red Lion pub in Mayfair was bought out of receivership for £15m in 2018 - having once been on the market at £25m
Big discounts in PCL ‘suggest the pendulum may have swung too far towards the buyer’
Acquisition agency Black Brick predicts the prime London market is about to turn, after noting a surge in buyer interest and a spate of 'minor capitulations' in the premier postcodes
‘2017 marked a turning point for the PCL property market’
Higher-value transaction numbers in London recovered through 2017, say Knight Frank and Strutt & Parker
‘Buyer affordability is on the rise at the fastest rate in nearly eight years’ – Rightmove
The UK's average asking price tickled up by just 0.2% in the last year, reports Rightmove, with three out of four Southern regions seeing negative growth.
How does PCL’s recent volatility compare to previous ‘adjustments’?
Prices fell by 7.9% between the last peak in August 2015 and February 2017, but let's not forget the 24% decline recorded between 2008 and 2009, and the 21% correction in the early 90s...
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Green light for £1.3bn West London brewery regen scheme
Squire & Partners-designed riverside development approved after a decade-long planning battle.
In Pictures: Turnkey trophy home in Regent’s Park lists at £34.75mn
Expertly renovated Grade I Nash mansion was formerly owned by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
How top-end brokers are ‘quietly redrawing the contours of best practice in British estate agency’
A recent survey of prime property agents reveals a bullish view of business prospects, with positive takes on technology, leadership & more.
Russell Simpson expands Kensington & Notting Hill sales team
Long-established boutique firm brings in former Dexters agent.
Tom Bill: ‘Wexit’ weighs on demand in Prime London markets
Average prices in PCL fell 1.6% in the year to April amid ongoing uncertainty around tax changes, reports Knight Frank's head of UK resi research.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 18, 2025
Supply builds as few sales agreed over the Easter holidays.
Bloomberg: London Gets a Taste of New York’s Cut-Throat Real Estate Culture
Bloomberg explores a 'talent war' in prime London, between venerable big-brand estate agencies & the new breed of American-style luxury property brokers.
Agency seals record-breaking deal in ‘London’s first luxury apartment block’
'Spectacular' £10.75mn duplex at Albert Hall Mansions was sold to an overseas buyer.
PCL property & wealth management consultancy bolsters team
Mayfair-based Lanesborough Advisory installs Henry Browne as Partner and Co-Owner.
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