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London asking prices rocket by an “unsustainable” 10% in a month
There's "no fear of a price bubble outside London", according to Rightmove's latest House Price Index;
“Strongest house purchase performance in five years” as lending rises 41%
Gross mortgage lending stuck at just over £16bn in September, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Last month's £16.2bn wasn't far off August's £16.
Lofty Ambition: Central St Martins redevelopment unveiled
One of Soho's most eagerly anticipated new resi schemes - the transformation of the former Central St Martins School of Art into The Saint Martins Lofts - has just been unveiled (although nearly half of…
We’ve only made two price reductions all year – Crayson
As a full picture of Q3 starts to form across the capital, West London agency Crayson has been unleashing some attention-grabbing stats on its W14, W11, W10, W8 and W2 patch, reporting significant increases…
Cruising for a Bruising: Is the top end of the market heading for a fall?
Activity levels across London's prime and super-prime residential markets are plummeting, says Trevor Abrahmsohn... Is the top-end on the brink?
Prime country house prices rise at fastest rate in over three years
There's more good signs coming out of the prime country market, with Q3 delivering the fastest pace of price growth in over three years according to Knight Frank.
LPE1 form to speed up leasehold transactions “by 5-10 days”
It's lift-off day for the new Leasehold Property Enquiries Form, or LPE1 to its friends.
House sales hit four-year high – RICS
The average number of homes sold per chartered surveyor has reached its highest level since November 2009, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey.
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Scottish prime prices on the rise for first time in three years
The top-end of Scotland's country house market is on the up for the first time in over three years, according to the latest from Knight Frank, with interest, activity and prices increasing year-on-year…
£5.25m One Hyde Park resale snapped up after bidding frenzy
Only the second apartment to be resold in Candy & Candy's One Hyde Park development - a 988 square foot, one-bedroom unit priced at £5.
Exchanges up 40% in Jackson-Stops’s “best summer since the recession”
Jackson-Stops & Staff's new Chairman Nick Leeming has been trumpeting the firm's "best summer since the recession".
The country-spanning, 40-office network has certainly been in the deals;
Help to Buy: A buying agent’s view
The government should be addressing why housing is so expensive in the first place, rather than finding a way to fund it, says Camilla Dell...