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“Strong but not spectacular” 2014 on the cards for prime London – Marsh & Parsons
Marsh & Parsons is expecting London prices to "stabilise" next year, with annual growth of between 5-7%.
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Game of Homes: Overcoming high pressure tactics
As the London property market continues to surge, some of the high pressure tactics deployed in the previous boom are back with a vengeance.
Keep pace with demand or prices could escalate unchecked in 2014 – NAEA
Last year's market prediction from the NAEA kicked off with “I don’t believe we will see a surge in house prices during 2013, as some speculators have suggested", which will resonate very differently…
Quality & Quantity: Holland Park & Kensington’s Q3 frenzy
Winkworth has been reviewing the recent fortunes of the key W8/W14 patch, and boy has it been bustling over the last few months. Have a gander at this...
“Moderation is back in vogue” in prime central London – Knight Frank
As reported last week, London's price growth is calming down a bit: PCL prices went up by just 0.2% in November, taking annual growth down to +6.9%.
Record transaction levels for Knightsbridge as stock value increases by £15bn in six years
Per square foot prices in and around Knightsbridge are 8% up this quarter compared to last year's Q3, and stand 50% above 2007's level, says Winkworth in its Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Belgravia Insight…
Property is now “considerably more affordable than in 2008 ” – Countrywide
House prices in real terms - after 14% inflation has been taken into account - are lower than in 2008 in all parts of England outside London, according to some research by Countrywide plc.
Prices slow but transaction levels rise 15%, with 18 registered buyers per property
Average house prices slipped a smidge last month, dropping 0.2% compared to September according to the latest Land Registry data set. But that still leaves prices up 3.1% on the year.
Winkworth bullish on transaction levels and suburban prices in 2014
Winkworth has revealed what it sees in the property market's tea leaves for next year.
Ripple in Action: How Cambridge beat the blues
Few locations illustrate this (and last) year's buzz-phrase better than Cambridge.
Battersea Power Station penthouses to go for £25-30m
SP Setia is apparently planning to flog the penthouses at Battersea Power Station for up to £30m.
Gazumping and price hikes in South Ken as stock levels plummet
£1.4 billion-worth of residential property has been sold in South Kensington alone this year, according to Winkworth, with international buyers flooding the market "even more so than in previous years".