The Market
“2013 is the best year to buy London property for a generation” – D&G
A bold claim from Douglas & Gordon's email shot today, backed up by some economic arguments and property market stats from the agency's latest London Barometer and Market Report, which predict an 8% price…
Clarity and currency driving prime property demand
Cost of prime central London property taking into account currency movements, indexed to 100 in December 2011 (Source: Knight Frank)
Just ten London boroughs worth more than all the properties in Scotland, Wales and N Ireland
An important analysis of the spread of the housing wealth across the UK has been released by Savills, showing how just ten London boroughs have an aggregate value equivalent to that of Scotland, Wales…
Winkworth opens China Desk in Mayfair
Winkworth has responded to a "marked increase in the number of Chinese investors" by opening up a China Desk at its Berkeley Street offices
2013: more settled but less celebrating in Winkworth’s London
After a lumpy 2012 that saw prime property prices in London rise but transaction levels dip, Winkworth's excellent Winter 2013 prime London Insight forecasts a rather more settled year ahead across its…
It’s no fairytale for London’s property managers
It's time for the property management industry to go to the ball, says Rupert Collingwood..
Prime London rents settling up
Following a rather topsy-turvy few years, rents in prime central London will accelerate in just the one direction - up - over the next few years, from a 1% rise this year to +5% in 2015 and +3
Trading places: Domestic buyer surge for prime property market
Whilst international demand for London's prime properties continues to command headlines, domestic upsizers are rapidly becoming a more prominent force in the market, according to Marsh & Parsons
“New Normal” developers follow the money, not the story, to reach HNW buyers
Developers are talking a good game about attracting British buyers to their shiny new builds, but it's all puff: everyone knows that the real money is still overseas, says Charlie Ellingworth of Property…
Government property search portal launches
The Government has launched a new property portal - pithily called "Find Me Some Government Space" - that allows developers, investors and prospective tenants to search for publicly-owned buildings and/or…
A third of financial advisors expect resi investments to rise this year
Over a third of British financial advisors expect investor interest to turn to residential property over commercial options this year, according to research by investment house Castle Trust
London is still a paragon of sanity, but for how much longer?
The £2m-£3m market has been decimated by Ebenezer Osborne, but will he be spooked into loosening the economic chains, says Saul Empson...