The Market
Sealing The Deal: How to ensure a safe journey to completion
28% of buyers in the last two years have had a purchase fall through after their offer was accepted
Brexit offers government a ‘chance to save face over SDLT fumble’
Recent SDLT changes have proved to be a bit disastrous for everyone, says Banda Property boss Edo Mapelli Mozzi, but there may be cause for hope..
Harrods Estates bolsters Middle East Lettings Desk
Harrods Estates has strengthened its Middle East Lettings Desk with a new hire.
Mohamed Zaghloul joins as Lettings Negotiator from Foxtons, where he worked on sales and lettings across RBKC.
McGrath masterpiece hits the market at £9m
Breathlessly described as "one of the finest and most iconic houses to have been built in Britain in the first half of the 20th century", the remarkable St Ann's Court has just been listed on the open m…
Current market conditions ‘ripe for opportunistic foreign investors’
Development consultancy Arcadis has joined the voices predicting a boost for the UK's prime resi market as sterling continues to take a beating in the wake of the Brexit vote
Princes Gate mansion asks £27.5m
An "opulent" stucco-fronted house on Knightsbridge's exclusive Princes Gate has been put up for sale with a guide price of £27.5m.
Opera Houses: Emaar debuts Dubai mega-laterals in London
UAE developer Emaar Properties has decided to launch its super-ambitious new tower scheme at a no-expense-spared showcase at Harrods of London.
Commercial property emerges as the sick man of Brexit
The commercial property sector looks to be having the worst of it in the immediate aftermath of Britain's vote to leave the EU: three four six major investment funds have pulled up drawbridges as private …
The Four Month Window: London property market to revert to status quo ‘by the autumn’
Charles Curran expects the capital's prime property market to revert to the status quo by the autumn, providing a buying opportunity over the summer for some, but there is an underlying problem that n…
Deal numbers triple in referendum aftermath – Douglas & Gordon
London estate agency Douglas & Gordon saw its deal numbers nearly triple in the week following the EU Referendum compared to the preceding seven days, according to trading figures released today
Architects lay off staff as uncertainty bites
It's being reported that top architecture practices have been laying off staff as a result of the events of the last few weeks
Why privatising the Land Registry could be a costly mistake
Nottingham Trent University's Nigel Hudson questions the wisdom of selling off such a prime national asset