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Agents accused of ‘duping’ vendors with widespread overvaluations
Times investigation concludes that some of the UK's biggest estate agency chains are 'overvaluing properties by up to a fifth...
Allsop’s ‘pre-Brexit’ sale raises £57m, with Mayfair block going for £6.6m
'With realistic pricing, it’s entirely possible to generate competition and achieve strong prices', says auction firm
High-End Time: The super-prime buyers shrugging off Brexit uncertainty
Britain's political machine may be stuck in a rut, but the upper end of the property market is still very much moving and some exceptional properties have been changing hands across Mayfair, Chelsea, Belgravia,…
Bulk buyers eye Prime London’s apartment blocks
Acquisition agency reports increasing demand for bulk-buy deals and entire buildings as clients sense a 'buying opportunity'
The top end of the Edinburgh property market stirs into life but ennui remains the norm
Savills recently called Edinburgh the "standout star" of the UK prime market, with +7.4% annual property price growth;
Prime property demand builds, but fails to translate into activity in a ‘Brexit-paced’ market
Demand is building in prime regional and prime London markets, says Savills, but prices continue to fall as uncertainty 'dictates the pace'
Ranked: Prime London’s top-performing postcodes
W8 was the hotspot for high-end deals last year, according to granular analysis of Land Registry transaction data across the prime postcodes, with 148 sales registered above £2m;
Country house price growth sinks to a five-year low – but activity picks up
Knight Frank predicts 8.2% price growth for prime regional property prices by 2023, with 'relative value' driving demand in more rural locations this year
Buyers start moving as demand rises in prime London, but vendors hesitate
Knight Frank reports a 7.5% rise in the number of offers made in prime London, despite fewer properties coming to market.
Mapped: The ripple effect of Brexit uncertainty
Annual price growth across over half of London’s boroughs is now in negative territory, notes buying agency Turnbull Property
‘House prices in London are starting to firm’ as regional cities start to moderate
For the first time since August 2015, every city tracked in Zoopla's UK Cities Index recorded rising property prices in February.
Mortgage approvals dip – but not by as much as some thought
Data mix-up at UK Finance causes dramatic but erroneous 'six-year low' headlines.