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British home-owners move just once every 21 years
Property inertia is highest in Kensington & Chelsea, according to Zoopla; homeowners in the Royal Borough stay put for an average of 35.5 years
Why our staff are choosing to sell their homes now
Matt Gibberd of design-led estate agency The Modern House explains why four members of the team, including himself, are choosing to sell their homes now, and offers up eight nuggets of advice for ensuring…
PCL’s higher price ranges holding up as sub-£2m market suffers
Knight Frank flags up the differing fortunes of the £10m-plus and sub-£2m brackets in the capital's prime postcodes
Online firms lose ground to high street agents
The UK's top ten online players accounted for less than 4% of all new properties listed in the last fortnight, notes The Advisory
£1m+ property sales stall after a decade of growth
Just 1% more £1m+ homes were sold in 2018 compared to 2017, ending a ten-year run of growth that saw the number of seven-figure deals escalate by 194%
Market Snapshot: Belgravia bears up amid Brexit challenges
Buyers baulking at the prices in Mayfair and Knightsbridge are seeing a 'good value proposition' in neighbouring Belgravia, reports longstanding local agency Best Gapp, with some notable short-lease activity...
Charting the price of a top 1% home across the UK
'The difference in the cost of the top 1% of homes by region just might come as a surprise,' says Savills' research chief Lucian Cook
Price reductions plummet as London market ‘starts moving again’
'This has been the most encouraging start to the year we’ve witnessed since the EU referendum result', says Chestertons boss Guy Gittins, but there's still no sign of a pick-up in supply levels...
Property prices in UK cities have risen by an average of 1.8% in the last year
Housing affordability has improved a bit in the UK's three most expensive cities, reports Zoopla, but getting on the first rung of the housing ladder is still out-of-reach for most
Supply & demand bounce back, but 81% of properties are still selling below asking
'It’s evident that buyers and sellers are no longer waiting for the outcome of Brexit and want to get things moving,' says NAEA chief
Ranked: The most expensive places to buy in the UK
Knightsbridge tops new Rightmove rundown of priciest areas, with an average asking of over £3.5m, while Virginia Water leads the pack outside of London...
The London property market continues to tick along relatively robustly – and here’s why…
An awful lot of buyers who, having expected prices to fall like an anvil out of a window in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, are finding the choice of houses disappointing and prices far firmer than they had hoped,…