The Market
London Cooling? Seems seasonable to me…
If London's property market is indeed 'cooling off' towards the summer months, that doesn't mean it's 'reaching stagnation'; surely what we're seeing happens in the capital every year, says Edo Mapelli Mo…
The Park Side: How much for a green view in London?
Properties with views of a park in the capital are subject to a price premium of up to 59%, says Winkworth in a new bit of research
Interpreting Carney’s cautionary words on interest rates
The Governor is on the money this time but Cable seriously needs to update his information, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Land Registry to centralise local searches
The Land Registry is to become the sole registering authority for Local Land Charges (LLC) in England and Wales, with the aim of streamlining the conveyancing process
Indian buyers and developers make £1bn move on Mayfair
After an extraordinary eighteen-month-long buying spree, ultra high net worth purchasers, investors and developers from India have become the dominant overseas force in the Mayfair property market, according t…
Tour of Beauty: New scheme launches with a ‘Ladies Day’
One firm has decided to inject a bit of glamour into the launch of a new development in Berkshire.
Baroness Thatcher’s last home to go on sale for £35m?
The Belgravia home of former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher could be about to hit the market for up to £35m, according to reports.
Asking prices hit ‘virtual standstill’ as London ‘runs out of steam’ – Rightmove
It's been a while since Rightmove's asking prices went any which way but up, but it happened in May: the month saw a "marked change" to the trend with new seller asking prices "at a virtual standstill",…
London needs £154bn of new housing over the next ten years – Knight Frank
£154bn is needed over the next decade to meet new demand for private housing in London, according to Knight Frank’s Bridging the Gap report.
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National average prices to breach 2008 peak within 12 months; London prices to rise by 25% by 2019 – ERC
Prices are likely to carry on up across the country, although London's growth rate will slow a touch while the rest of the country accelerates until 2015 before hitting a plateau from 2019.
Up Country: Prime country home sales rocket 35%
There's lots of life in the country market: sales of prime country homes shot up by 35% in the year to March compared to the previous 12 months, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Osborne gives BoE ‘weapons’ to guard against property market risks
"There is no immediate cause for alarm" about the property market, proclaimed George Osborne in last night's Mansion House speech, but "there are on the horizon things that should give us some causes …