Lettings
UK ‘still one of the cheapest places to invest in rental property’
In total tax take terms, the UK remains one of the cheapest countries in the world for investors involved in resi and commercial property rental, according to a new study.
The Bubble Deflates…Slowly: PCL values peaked in 2014 and have already fallen 15%
From talking to agents, looking at valuations over the last two years and then analysing the market evidence, James Wyatt's research house Parthenia figures that prices in prime central London have already …
Big sales boost for Foxtons but Q2 looks ‘challenging’
Foxtons has reported a chunky rise in sales commissions in Q1 as buyers rushed to complete before the April stamp duty deadline.
Total group revenue worked out at £38.4m
Rubies & Rusticarians: The five tribes revolutionising English village life
"The 21st-century village is not the quaint place of yesterday" says Strutt & Parker, as it analyses the evolution of the English idyll from twee Cranford to a dynamic mini-hub populated by Rusticarians, …
One Hyde Park apartment up for £22,500 a week
A 4,000 square foot, park-facing unit in Candy & Candy's One Hyde Park has just hit the rental market at £22,500 a week.
Douglas & Gordon expands in Putney
London estate agency Douglas & Gordon has ramped up its presence in West Putney (SW15), launching a new lettings department at its Lower Richmond Road branch.
New tenancy deals in the Home Counties jump by 9%
Home Counties rents increased by 0.9% in Q1 2016, taking the annual change in rental values to +1.7% (from +4.7% a year earlier, in March 2015) according to Knight Frank's latest.
T
Super-prime lettings deals double
New figures have shown a massive rise in the number of lettings deals on properties worth £10m or more.
£1M Per Year: Entire floor up for rent in super-prime Holland Green scheme
A whole floor in Chelsfield's nigh-sold-out Holland Green scheme has come up for rent at a combined asking of over £1m per year.
London’s rental market ‘pauses for breath’ as luxury demand dips
The pace of rental value escalation in the capital is easing, says Benham & Reeves, as the 'frenzied' market seen in 2015's first half is replaced by a more sedate period of conservative growth.
Hamptons appoints new central London lettings boss
Hamptons International has appointed Boutaina Cansicka as its new Central London Regional Lettings Director.
Oakhill sets up shop in West Hampstead
Oakhill Residential, the agency set up by former Goldschmidt & Howland man Lee Cash, has put down roots in West Hampstead.