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After the Pandemic: London’s super-prime market rebounds as country house demand cools
The number of sales above £10mn in the capital has hit an eight-year high, writes Tom Bill, although political risks remain.
CBRE upgrades UK house price forecast
UK resi values are likely to 'fall marginally' in 2024, says property consultancy.
Postcard from Cornwall: The impasse has passed!
The days of Cornish property selling unseen, over the asking price, overnight, are a long and distant memory, says Josephine Ashby of John Bray Estates.
Positive signs emerging in Prime London as economy stabilises – LonRes
The sales data still shows a relatively subdued picture, but central London agents are reporting busy conditions across the prime postcodes.
From ‘cash is king’ to the price crash that never was: Ten lessons 2023 taught us about London’s property market
'The overall picture in the last year was rather beige but there have been some pops of colour,' says PCL buying agency Black Brick.
Housing market outlook improves, but surveyors remain ‘cautious’
Sentiment in the property market is becoming 'a little less negative', says the RICS.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 49, 2023
16% more sales were agreed in Prime London last week compared to the previous seven days, but 15% fewer than the corresponding week last year...
The Times: Why house prices didn’t crash in 2023 and are unlikely to do so now
Economics expert David Smith explains how the housing market has so far managed to swerve a major downturn in this piece for The Times.
‘Window of opportunity’ is closing for buyers in Prime Central London
Strutt & Parker's Central London offices enjoyed a 'significant' flurry of buying activity last month, with 84% more offers accepted in November than in October.
‘Committed’ buyers drive prime sales surge in St John’s Wood
Exchanges have been running 40% higher than the five-year average in the leafy NW London neighbourhood, reports agency.
A ‘wave’ of wealthy American & Middle Eastern buyers is driving a super-prime property boom in Mayfair
Almost twice as many homes have sold for more than £10mn in Mayfair this year than in 2022.
Average asking prices to drop 1% in 2024, predicts Rightmove
The property market displayed 'much-better-than-predicted resilience this year,' says Tim Bannister, despite a bigger than usual December dip for new asking prices.