Sales

Realistic pricing and top-notch presentation are the keys to cracking the current sales market, according to W.A. Ellis.

Prime central London house prices are now 58% above their 2009 low, having risen by 7.2% over the last 12 months, according to the latest from Knight Frank.

The proportion of price-reduced £1m+ properties has fallen from 27% to 18% over the last 12 months, the lowest its been since the Summer of 2010, according to Primelocation.

Buyers in the South West should be prepared to shell out a whopping 66% premium if they want a prime spot on the waterfront, according to some new research from Knight Frank.

Buyers are prepared to pay 35% more per square foot for a lateral apartment than a house, according to some new stats out today. W.A.

Buyers pulling out have doer-upper Alan Page pulling out his hair, as he embarks on the rollercoaster of selling a property, but a novel commission arrangement might just work for everyone.

This Saturday - the middle one in May - is the best day of the year to sell a house, according to Carter Jonas.

Should buying agents also be selling properties for their clients? Camilla Dell takes on a piping hot potato...

The UK's Eastern Region looks to be in bullish form after a marked increase in planning applications, new developments, transaction volumes, town and country house prices and mortgage approvals.

Rather than settling dust, one particular area of south west London is witnessing a dramatic sales trend in the wake of the government's new SDLT measures.

Potential vendors are flirting with selling their properties, but supply levels still haven't risen to meet some pretty consistently strong demand in Douglas & Gordon's reckoning.

Another firm has been at the Casios today, this time working out by how much prime property values have been swelling by the hour.