The Market
Square Mile High: How the City hit £3,000 psf
After a 15.3% surge in the last year alone, resi prices in London's Square Mile are reaching highs of up to £3,000 per square foot, says Diana Alam, Associate Director of Residential for JLL...
Compare the Markets: Global luxury property prices benchmarked
What's the price of luxury? Well it depends where you're buying, says Christie's International Real Estate, which has worked out what the entry prices are in ten prime destinations around the world.
Bids rise as supply tightens for sixth month in a row
The number of properties per estate agency branch has dropped for the sixth consecutive month to tickle a ten-year low, according to the NAEA.
£10m Victorian period piece comes to the market in Kensington
One of the last vestiges of high Victoriana in Kensington has just hit the market for a cool £10m.
PCL v Prime Country: Price gap ‘close to the widest it has ever been’
"The differential between prime central London and prime country houses is close to the widest it has ever been", says Knight Frank in its latest market briefing, but there's something of a resurgence…
Mead: In defence of traditional full service estate agency
After that Daily Mail article on estate agents' "eight sneaky secrets" (penned by an online agent), Ed Mead answers back, with interest...
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National market back on track as transactions build but don’t boom
The national housing market is 'showing signs of strengthening' says CBRE, as transaction levels maintain 2013's strength (last year saw 1.1 million deals go through;
Do we really need the Mortgage Market Review?
The clumsy hand of government has to be very careful when it interferes in the dynamics of markets, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
No Messing About on the River: Why Putney is pulling in the new-build punters
The ripple effect has made this riverside hub one to watch for a prime new-build investment, says CBRE's Head of Residential Mark Collins...
Langham Square
If a property was worth £1m in 2007…
By Savills' reckoning, values in the inner commuter zone are now at least back to their 2007 peak, and those in the outer commuter zones aren't far off.
Lend or Foe: How will the MMR affect High Net Worth borrowers?
The mortgage market gets a new set of rules at the end of the month: expect some teething problems and stressful work for lenders and intermediaries, says Islay Robinson, but the Mortgage Market Review also…
Letting redress schemes get compulsory
The Housing Minister Kris Hopkins has decreed that all letting and property management agents will be required to join an approved redress scheme later this year.