Sales
Foxtons looks to online auction house for sales amid lockdown
Agency lists over 30 instructions with digital property marketplace BidX1 after testing out the platform last month
FT: Uncovering London’s hidden property wealth
Writing for the Financial Times, Nathan Brooker reports from the front line in the war against dirty money
Stock market collapse prompts buyer to pull out of £50m London penthouse deal
Another decided to go ahead with a £2m purchase remotely
Show goes on for auction houses via remote bidding
Savills, Allsop and Clive Emson all switch their Spring sales to online-only
Scotland’s super-prime market was on a roll in 2019
196 sales were recorded above the £1m mark in Edinburgh last year, reports Savills, a full 35% up on the previous record level set in 2007.
‘Our primary current concern is whether there can be a property market at all’
All the chatter about mansion tax and stamp duty is out of the window as agents attempt to navigate through uncharted territory, writes Marc Schneiderman
Valuation Viewpoint: Schumpeter’s creative destruction
As the coronavirus crisis unfolds, many firms will fold due to the lack of cashflow allowing other more efficient firms to expand, writes James Wyatt
Asking prices rise to an all-time high as sales activity blossoms
"The key metrics so far all point to a much more active market than last year," says Rightmove, "fuelling upwards price pressure.
What happened to the Roaring Twenties?
PCL's new-found optimism lasted but a few short weeks, write Richard & Sophie Rogerson...
Property prices rise across the country, but surveyors expect the Coronavirus to hit Spring market activity
Demand, supply, prices and transaction numbers all increased from January to February, according to the latest RICS survey.
Ranked: Asking Vs sold prices around the country
Three UK areas saw homes sell on average for more than 20% above their listing prices in 2019, while three other locations saw average sold prices come in more 25% below average asking prices.
Coronavirus fears are already thwarting one in six property moves, claims London estate agency
An astonishing 17% of UK home buyers and sellers told Benham & Reeves that they have already postponed a move because of the Covid-19 coronavirus.