Lettings
Confidence boosting prime London markets – CBRE
"London’s credentials as a safe haven for investment remain its greatest asset," says Mark Collins in CBRE's Q3 prime London resi market report as sales volumes lift 7% and prices 1.
“Real” house prices still 16% below 2008 market peak
It's a "highly regionalised" market across the UK, according to Knight Frank's latest resi market update: average house prices across the country are 5% up on the year, with prime central London showing…
Pickles weighs in on rogue landlords
Eric Pickles has come down hard on "rogue landlords", publishing the first draft of the Tenants' Charter and launching a package of proposals designed to give more rights to private tenants.
South London rents rocket
Rental values have shot up across South London over the last three months, according to Benham & Reeves, with development hotspots including Greenwich, Bermondsey and the South Bank outpacing their established…
Booming private rental sector needs £200bn investment – Savills
The private rented sector is ballooning, with Savills estimating that, by 2018, 5.7 million in England (one in five households) will be renting in the private sector.
International tenants driving London’s rental market
International tenants account for 78% of renters in prime central London, and 56% across the wider capital, according to new research from Hamptons.
PCL market plateauing as capital values calm – WA Ellis
Prime central London's ever-upward trajectory seems to be coming to an end, especially in the £6-15m bracket, according to the latest from WA Ellis.
Tenants’ Charter offers longer lets, but is it needed?
Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, has set about revolutionising the lettings industry by making longer tenancies the norm, although Savills has come out to argue that there's just no need for more…
London’s rental value lull continues – Cluttons
Rental values across the capital were flat as a pancake in Q3, according to Cluttons' latest figures.
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PCL sales up 50% compared to last year as prices continue to rise – Knight Frank
Prime central London property prices are still rising in most areas, driven by the sub-£2m market, but higher prices are doing very little dampen demand, according to Knight Frank's Q3 market report.
No Summer lull for the market as SW London doubles PCL’s price growth
Douglas & Gordon's Q3 market comment tells a very similar story to yesterday's reports from Savills and John D Wood: outer prime London is outstripping prime central London for the first time in ages,…
Letting Away With It: The murky world of “secret commissions”
After a property maintenance firm claimed to "blow the whistle" this week, former lawyer Jonathan Monjack calls for an end to "secret commissions" throughout the rental sector...