The Market
Grade I Berkshire mansion up for auction at knockdown price
An important country house in Berkshire is due to go under the hammer next month, with a guide price that's less than half the amount it was being offered at on the open market last year.
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2016: The story of the prime London market so far
PCL search agency Turnbull Property has neatly summed up a rocky few months in the prime London market.
Billionaires’ Row demolition job asks £10m
A £10m mansion on The Bishops Avenue has come up for sale with possible scope to knock it down and build something nearly four times bigger.
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Cadogan still confident on resi prospects after profit dip
The Cadogan Estate has reported a big boost in the value of its assets, but a fall in pre-tax profit.
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Staytus Quo, or Brexit, pursued by a bear market
A last-minute surge in confidence amongst betting types that Britain will keep its head and vote Remain saw the odds of a Brexit drop to 24% at leading bookmakers and sterling start a semi-dramatic rally…
In or Out: Two post-Referendum scenarios for the prime London property sector
Nobody really know what the fallout of a Brexit would be, but it's pretty clear that a vote to leave the EU would create a markedly different economic landscape in prime central London compared to a Remain…
Conveyancers form committee to deliver industry consensus on improving the home buying process
The Conveyancing Association, a trade body for the conveyancing industry, has decided to form a Working Group to come up with its response to the forthcoming Call for Evidence on the home buying process fr…
Eurozone buyers ‘snapping up bargains in London’ as currency wobbles offer discounts
Euro buyers have been grabbing £26,000 discounts on London property, says Stirling Ackroyd, as EU Referendum nerves caused sterling to nosedive in June.
Khan slams BoJo’s ‘toothless’ Concordat
London's new mayor has laid into his predecessor's efforts at preventing the capital's homes from being snapped up by foreign investors, dismissing BoJo's flagship initiative as "embarrassing" and a "c…
Buy-to-let sector a ‘ticking timebomb’ as major sell-off predicted for 2018/2019
Former financier and Maskells chief Charles Curran has analysed the likely effects of recent policy and regulatory changes combining with mortgage lending and tax issues, and concluded that many landlords …
Top property developer pens open later urging Remain
The bosses of London's biggest housebuilder, Galliard Homes, have written an open letter to the business's entire address book urging voters - in the politest possible way - to go Remain in tomorrow's E…
‘Capital gains and rental values’ driving London’s Middle Eastern buyers
Cluttons and YouGov's latest survey of Middle Eastern investors has revealed some interesting findings on HNW buyer behaviour.