Sales

Record-breaking sales, resurgent international demand and a surprise winner among the capital's super-prime neighbourhoods - but buyers are still calling the shots.

The St John's Wood street has notched up almost £100mn of house sales in the past 12 months.

'Buyers have plenty of choice and sellers are having to work harder to stand out and attract them,' says portal.

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The city has survived plague, fire, war and terrorism over the centuries; a few gloomy forecasts aren't about to finish it off, says top buying agent.

Overseas buyers accounted for 52% of the UK agency's deals, while new instructions topped £2.3bn.

Fresh LonRes data indicates another week of relatively slow sales activity.

Ranked: Buyer demand by English county

Property consultancy recorded a 14% jump in Prime Central London sales in Q2, while the pace of price declines seems to be easing.

Estate agency boss heralds 'particularly encouraging' signals after checking property portal listing activity in the capital.

Exchanges are down 10%, buyer registrations are down 14%, and average prices have fallen by 5% in the last year, reports Knight Frank.

Fewer than a third of consumers now expect prices to rise over the next 12 months, down from more than half last year, according to latest OnTheMarket poll.