The Market
Triple digit Singapore sales for Battersea Power Station
More than 100 units at London development Battersea Power Station were snapped up by Singaporean property buyers and investors in just one day, in what the developer and agency said were record levels…
Uncertain times for prime property
The ever-excellent Lonres Residential Review indulges in a spot of tealeaf reading to get a steer on what’s likely to happen in the prime property market over the coming 12 months.
Black Brick building up to a record year
No sign of a Blue Monday for buying agency Black Brick, which has reported a raft of new domestic and international client sign-ups already this month (interestingly, all owner-occupiers rather than investors)…
Healthy start to the new year for Hamptons
Hamptons International have joined the ranks of estate agents reporting a glowing start to the new year, with 6% more properties for sale at the beginning of January compared to the same time last year.
Prime on the rise as mainstream property struggles
Prime property prices are now 53% higher than their 2009 "post-crisis slump" level, whilst the mainstream market is struggling with the spectre of triple-dip recession, according to a neat summary of where…
Savills maps-out house price forecasts
Savills have come up with a nifty way of getting their property forecasts out there, launching an interactive "Five Year Forecast Tool" that can be used either straight from the Savills website, or be…
Asset Class: Prime property vs gold, oil & stocks
Guess which was the best overall investment in 2012...prime London residential property, gold, crude oil, or the FTSE 100?
52 nationalities spent £2.2bn off-plan in London last year
Foreign buyers splashed £2.2 billion on new-build homes in London last year, compared to a paltry £1.8 billion in 2011, according to more stats from Knight Frank.
Hot January for KFH
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is reporting a virtually bumper start to the year, with 15% more traffic to its website since 1st January than in the same period last year.
Up to 40% of purchases in the South East are buy-to-let
The buy-to-let market has picked-up across London and the South-East, according to Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward's new Buy-to-Let Report, and now accounts for 30-40% of all property sales in areas such…
Scottish prime property prices slip in 2012
Prime property prices in Scotland fell a wee bit further in Q4 2012, taking the annual drop to 2.7%, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
Battersea Power Station 75% reserved
It looks like hype has converted into buyer action, as 600 of the 800 first phase resi units at Battersea Power Station have already been reserved, less than a week after sales kicked off, according to…