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Is now the right time to buy in London?
There's been "no crash, no fire sales and no mass exodus from London", despite three years of catastrophising by "so-called 'experts'", writes Islay Robinson, CEO of global mortgage firm Enness.
Property market stalls on Friday 13th as homebuyers get the heebie jeebies
Completions typically tank by 40% whenever the dreaded date comes round, according to new analysis of Land Registry data
Price corrections boost prime London buying activity
Cluttons saw a 30% jump in new buyer enquiries from Q1 to Q2 this year - but has downgraded its price forecasts in Prime Central London
Property transactions in Kensington & Chelsea have tumbled by 42% since the EU Referendum
London's prime boroughs have been hardest hit by a dramatic fall in property sales since June 2016
Price declines moderate in PCL as supply & demand diverge
Sales Market Snapshot: 29% more new prospective buyers registered with Knight Frank in Prime Central London in the first half of this year, while the number of new £1m+ listings fell by 25%
Record month for Chestertons as PCL activity levels ‘leap’
One of London's biggest estate agencies has just had its best August on record, but both sales and lettings teams are having to put the work in to get deals over the line...
Watch: Property price inflation in key UK cities since 1995
The average UK house price has risen by 318% since 1995, with some locations out- or under-performing that to a quite significant degree...
Is this the sign that the London market is bottoming out?
LCP has just recorded the smallest annual decline in transaction levels across Prime Central London since 2014;
KPMG warns of no-deal Brexit house price plunge
Property prices could crash by as much as a fifth if Boris Johnson pursues a no-deal Brexit, says accountancy giant;
The Telegraph: Meet the new super-rich lords of the manor who are buying and transforming Britain’s great estates
Melanie Cable-Alexander reports for The Telegraph on the new breed of wealthy estate owner 'single-handedly' driving the big estate market...
Twists and turns ahead for the PCL market this autumn
Knightsbridge agent Patrick Alvarado summarises the key issues likely to affect things in the run-up to Halloween/Brexit Day #2...
Leave-voting areas are outperforming in the house price stakes
Eight out of the top ten council districts posting the highest rate of house price growth since the EU Referendum voted Leave, according to new research