Sales
Required Reading: Selling a property with a nuisance neighbour
Trying to shift a property with a nasty neighbour can be pretty nightmarish, but a recent ruling could provide some hope for harangued homeowners, explains Ed White...
Grand Registry: Latest £10m+ transaction round-up
A paltry six £10m+ deals were recorded by the Land Registry in its July transaction update, the most expensive being a £12.9m flat on Belgravia's Chesham Street.
Residence One bags a bargain in Belgravia
Grade II listed townhouse on the best side of Chester Square acquired at £1,406 per square foot just before the General Election, the lowest price paid on the square in years
Land Registry stats show scale of London’s £2m+ sales slide
The latest data dump from the Land Registry has shown a monthly price increase of +1.7% across England & Wales, bringing the annual change to +4.6%. Transaction levels have taken a right pounding though.
Lending in London comes out of the seasonal dip – but down on last year – CML
Home-owner house purchase activity in Greater London has "come out of the traditional seasonal dip to show growth in the second quarter by volume and value," says the Council of Mortgage Lenders, "but…
Behind the scenes at Client Services
Winkworth has provided some pretty interesting insight into the world of estate agency lead generation.
Grade I Queen Anne’s Gate mansion goes for £19m
A Grade I listed stonker on Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster has reportedly just been sold in one of the biggest deals of the summer.
Prime Recce: City & East London residential development hotspots
Knight Frank's James Barton gives us the inside track on the City & East areas offering up the most exciting resi development opportunities right now...
Hackney Wick
‘95% of buyers would pay 25% more to live near a school’
95% of buyers and 81% of renters would pay up to 25% more to live in close proximity to a school, says online estate agency Urban.co.uk.
A Deal A Day: The rise of the 24-hour exchange
"Fierce competition for property in the prime central London market is driving buyers to insist on a 24-hour exchange window as a term of their offer," says search agency Banda Property.
Two new offices for Foxtons
Foxtons is continuing to expand at a fair lick across Outer London, unveiling two new offices in Surbiton and Croydon and taking its 2015 launch tally to seven.
Landmark goes on South Coast acquisition drive
Landmark Estates is cracking on with its expansion plans, snaffling four new sites in the last three weeks alone.