British home-owners move just once every 21 years
Property inertia is highest in Kensington & Chelsea, according to Zoopla; homeowners in the Royal Borough stay put for an average of 35.5 years
Talking Heads: Chinese buyers have turned to the Home Counties
Before the pandemic, only around one in 20 Chinese and Hong Kong home-buyers used to look for a home in England's Home Counties; now it's nearer one in five, according to a new study.
Most buyers & sellers expect to move within three months – OTM
84% of property sellers expect to sell their home within the next 90 days, according to the inaugural OnTheMarket Sentiment Index, while 75.5% of buyers expect to find their next home within the same timeframe.
Most British homeowners expect property prices to rise in the next six months
Two-thirds of London homeowners are expecting property prices to rise by the end of the year; one third are expecting further price falls, according to Zoopla
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Rightmove faces November hearing in £1.5bn agent fees claim
A big proposed collective action law suit will be considered by the Competition Appeal Tribunal later this year.
Savills instructed on £45mn Georgian estate with over 1,700 acres
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New £100mn PCL fund completes first acquisition
Catalyst & REDD acquire rare Belgravia development project as 'opportunistic' investment drive gets underway.
Maskells recruits Mayfair specialist Holmgren
The agency's new Director previously worked at Beauchamp Estates.
‘Exceptionally rare’ Cadogan Square cottage sells off-market
Freehold gem with garden and parking, available for the first time in half a century, changes hands following discreet campaign.
Prime London sales market picks up as under-offers turn into transactions
Latest LonRes analysis suggests buyer activity is improving and agents are feeling more positive, though vendors are still facing tough competition.
Behind the Railings: A lawyer’s guide to buying on London’s garden squares
From access rights to estate management schemes, the legal intricacies of the capital's private garden squares can catch out purchasers - and sometimes even their advisers - warns Robert Barham.
In Pictures: High-tech Hampstead mansion project pitched at £29.95mn
Recently-established agency Draper London has been instructed to sell a tech maven's north London work-in-progress, complete with 'Batcave' style basement.
HNW law firm heralds revenue ‘milestone’
Boodle Hatfield's 'strategic focus on private capital' seems to be paying off.
Labour leadership hopeful proposes a ‘wealth tax that works’
Wes Streeting wants to equalise Capital Gains Tax rates with Income Tax.
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