The Market
House sales hit four-year high – RICS
The average number of homes sold per chartered surveyor has reached its highest level since November 2009, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey.
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Green & Pleasant Land: Unlocking London’s garden square premium
Prestigious and protected, the capital's garden squares are bordered by some of its most desirable homes. But exactly how much of a premium do these properties command?
Money Where Your Mouth Is: Haute cuisine heats up house prices
A top notch restaurant can "make a good location even better," raising property prices by up to 20% according to some research by Mayfair's Wetherell estate agency and Richard Caring's Caprice Holdings.
Scottish prime prices on the rise for first time in three years
The top-end of Scotland's country house market is on the up for the first time in over three years, according to the latest from Knight Frank, with interest, activity and prices increasing year-on-year…
£5.25m One Hyde Park resale snapped up after bidding frenzy
Only the second apartment to be resold in Candy & Candy's One Hyde Park development - a 988 square foot, one-bedroom unit priced at £5.
PCL market plateauing as capital values calm – WA Ellis
Prime central London's ever-upward trajectory seems to be coming to an end, especially in the £6-15m bracket, according to the latest from WA Ellis.
Exchanges up 40% in Jackson-Stops’s “best summer since the recession”
Jackson-Stops & Staff's new Chairman Nick Leeming has been trumpeting the firm's "best summer since the recession".
The country-spanning, 40-office network has certainly been in the deals;
Help to Buy: A buying agent’s view
The government should be addressing why housing is so expensive in the first place, rather than finding a way to fund it, says Camilla Dell...
London steams ahead as transaction volumes reach seven-year high
Strutt & Parker has done a sterling job of reviewing Q3 figures across prime central London, unearthing some eye-catching stats on the volume of deals over the last few months.
Surge in off-market deals, second-home buyers and (finally) some quality London stock
Buyers are returning to the prime market in their droves across the UK, according to Knight Frank's acquisition arm The Buying Solution.
Tenants’ Charter offers longer lets, but is it needed?
Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, has set about revolutionising the lettings industry by making longer tenancies the norm, although Savills has come out to argue that there's just no need for more…
Green light for Village Green development
It's now a bit easier to build on village greens, thanks to new landowner rights that came in yesterday (1st October 2013).