The Market
Central London investments lose momentum
Last year's last quarter saw prime property investments stumble a bit, according to Clutton's latest Residential Investment Monitor
Berkeleys launch Poole lettings arm
Berkeleys Estate Agents has plunged into 2013 by launching a new lettings and property management division servicing Poole, Canford Cliffs and Sandbanks
Marsh & Parsons makes brand new start in South Kensington
Marsh & Parsons' new South Kensington office - the agency's seventh in Kensington & Chelsea alone - is open for business
Prime country property prices end year down 3.8%
2012's final quarter saw prime country property prices drop again by 1.2%, taking the annual price fall to 3.8% according to the latest from Knight Frank
Client-Side: A do-er upper’s 2013 forecast
Our resident serial renovator / buying-agent-turned-client Alan Page lines up the crystal balls and makes some earthy predictions for London's prime property market in 2013
Number of British property millionaires hits 300,000
Nearly 50,000 new property millionaires were created in Britain last year, bringing the total number of £1m+ properties to 300,000, according to some new stats from Zoopla.
£5m+ property prices now 32% above 2007 peak
Three and a half years of headline-grabbing hikes have resulted in average prime central London property prices now standing 23.9% above their former 2007 peak, according to Savills
EPC changes confirmed (and clarified)
As Don Foster announced on Tuesday, EPC display rules have been "recast".
Wealthy foreign students account for a third of prime London tenants
29% of London Central Portfolio's private tenants are rich foreign students, paying an average of £28,878 pa to live in Westminster and prime central London.
Serviced apartment rents rocket 25% in a year
London’s market for serviced apartments is officially booming, with rents rocketing on the burgeoning number of short term accommodation options in the capital, according to CBRE.
Country prime down, £2m+ really down, sub £2m up: Knight Frank’s Q3
There was alot of hand-sitting in the prime property market throughout Q3, according to Knight Frank's latest Residential Report
Fall of the gavel: Auction houses report biggest month of the year
The resi auction scene has had a bumper rundown to Christmas, with November proving to be 2012's most successful month for sales