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PCL market ‘on hold’ as uncertainty prevails
Values and volumes were generally steady across the prime postcodes last month, reports LCP, but the capital's new-build sector is really suffering...
Proportion of cash buyers sinks to a record low
Investors were responsible for just under a quarter of mortgage-free transactions in the first half of this year, down from nearly a third in 2009.
Mayfair’s newest street is London’s top super-prime hotspot
Created as part of British Land's record-breaking Clarges Mayfair scheme in 2017, Ashburton Place has seen more sales above £10m than any other address in London over the last 12 months
Reactions: On the Tories’ planned Stamp Duty hike for foreign buyers
Rounding up thoughts on the Conservatives' idea to ramp-up Theresa May’s 1% SDLT surcharge for foreign buyers to 3%
Property markets to ‘remain stable’ in 2020, but prime buyers are ‘becoming less compromising’
Estate agency Jackson-Stops shares its predictions for country property markets next year
Hong Kong’s wealthy seek safe haven in London’s prime property market
HNW buyers from the troubled region have splashed over £25m with one PCL agency in recent weeks, snapping up apartments in Whitehall, Marylebone and Kings Cross...
UK house price growth is likely to under-club consumer inflation until 2021
London property prices will probably hold steady in 2020, according to a poll of experts carried out by Reuters
Resi developers are returning to Prime Central London
Average development land values in PCL were flat for the second quarter in a row in Q3, which hasn't happened since 2015...
‘Remarkably resilient’ UK housing market continues to mark time
Prices rose for the second month in a row in October, report LSL & Acadata, but not by enough to turn the annual figure positive
‘A clear swing towards hesitation for prospective sellers’ as new listings slump by 15%
Rightmove has just recorded the largest year-on-year slump in new property listings since August 2009, with 15% fewer homes listed for sale this month compared to the same period in 2018.
Pryor Predicts: How next month’s General Election might affect house prices in 2020
A Conservative majority is the only scenario that will lead to positive house price growth in 2020, predicts buying agent and market pundit Henry Pryor
Mansions now 40% off in ‘all-star bargain’ St George’s Hill
Buying agency looks at where domestic and overseas purchasers can get the biggest bang for their buck...