Sales
2014 to remain a sellers’ market – Hamptons International
350,000 properties were bought outright with cash in 2013 across England & Wales, according to some new stats released today. That's the highest number since 2007.
The (relative) fall of London’s £10m+ market
House prices across the UK rose by 0.6% in February, taking the annual rise to 9.4% says Knight Frank (using Nationwide's data).
In London, prices rose for the 40th month in a row. February's 0.
Homeowner sentiment up for 12th month in a row
That's 12 in a row for Knight Frank and Markit's House Price Sentiment Survey; the Index has risen again to hit another record high in March.
2013’s Top PCL Performers: Big houses in SW7 & small flats in W1
Values across prime central London have increased by 8.7% over the last 12 months, according to acquisition firm Huntly Hooper, with W14 seeing the biggest price per square foot boost of all.
March of the Oligarchs? The buying agent’s view
Yes there has been a boost in enquiries from Russia and Ukraine lately, but nothing like the increase in the number of British buyers, says Edo Mapelli Mozzi...
Savills' World in London Report 2013
Grosvenor overtakes Eaton & Cadogan to become London’s most valuable square
The formerly flag-heavy Grosvenor Square in Mayfair has been named as the capital's most valuable residential square.
Property supply eases as vendors come to market
"There’s a spring in the step of the housing market" as "the country gets moving" trumpets Rightmove on publishing its latest asking price index.
2013 “marked the turning point” for Crossrail property hubs
Ever since the project was given the green light over a decade ago, there's been no shortage of speculation surrounding the "Crossrail Effect" on the capital's house prices.
“Mayfair’s most expensive flat” hits the market at over £5k psf
A few weeks ago, Mayfair agent Peter Wetherell predicted we'd be seeing £10k per square foot prices on his patch within ten years. A few people scoffed.
Property price discounts hit four-year low
Just 27% of properties - and 15% in London - listed on Zoopla have had their asking price reduced, which the portal says is the lowest level of price cuts in four years.
Required Reading: How to extend a lease or buy a freehold
John D Wood's Head of Valuation James Wyatt talks us through the complicated business of safeguarding the future value of a property...
Offers double up but prime London cooling for the Budget countdown
The number of offers received last month was nearly twice as high as in February last year, according to the latest from Douglas & Gordon, but that's "almost certainly a product of multiple bidding" in…