The Market
Hostile Makeover: Can these 12 items help sell a property faster?
Rooted in (where else but) California, the concept of "home staging" as a standalone discipline has been around since the early 1990s.
Is Strutts eyeing an expansion?
Strutt & Parker is reportedly looking to expand its estate agency business in the UK.
Prime Hampstead ‘design & build’ plots ask £7m
An unusual proposition has come up on one of Hampstead's best turnings.
Two adjacent plots are being offered on Redington Road, each with full planning permission for a chunky family residence. Acc
At-A-Glance: 2015 Milestones
Three weeks in to 2016 and it feels a bit like we've just unstrapped ourselves from a bizarre property-themed rollercoaster.
Brexit Wounds: What an EU Referendum means for the UK property industry
A British exit from the European Union poses a significant threat to the UK's property industry - and particularly the high-value residential sector - says Carter Jonas, after discovering that 65% of …
Buying Guide: The Victorian Property
Combining period features with timeless layouts and high build quality, Victorian houses are as sought-after as ever, says Strutt & Parker's Barclay Macfarlane. Go
Home County rents dip as landlords get flexible
Prime rents in the Home Counties dropped by 0.3%in 2015's final quarter, says Knight Frank, leaving rent values 4.3% up on the year.
Q4's decline followed a 0
Gross mortgage lending reaches highest level since 2008
The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that gross mortgage lending reached £19.9bn in December. That's is 3% lower than November's £20.5bn, but 23% higher than December 2014's £16.2 bn.
Historic Highgate mansion ‘sells for £20m’
One of north London's most important period properties has reportedly changed hands for £20m.
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Osborne ‘has done more for the rental market than any other Chancellor in history’
According to the - pretty roasting - heat map below, virtually every borough in Zones 1 and 2 turned in a 4%+ annual increase in average rental values last year.
Buy-to-let rush drives an ‘unusually buoyant’ market – RICS
Demand for residential properties rose in December to a three-month high, with anecdotal evidence suggesting that a buy-to-let rush ahead of April's 3% SDLT levy is at least partly to blame, says the Royal…
Countrywide confident on profits after ‘encouraging’ Q4
Britain's biggest estate agency Countrywide has reported an "encouraging" Q4, despite the general slowdown in transaction volumes and uncertainty around buy-to-let stamp duty and mortgage interest relief