Sales
No to Mansion Tax: Hallelujah for common sense, says Trevor Abrahmsohn
Trevor Abrahmsohn on the resilience of prime...
Mansion Tax, no Mansion Tax - what’s the answer?
PCL growth to 9.9% this year, but slowing
Prime central London prices continue to reach new heights, according to Knight Frank's latest residential property market report, climbing by 0.5% in August , taking the annual rise to 9.9%;
Quietly does it: Robert Bailey opens up about private sales
To sell your property on the open market or not? That is the question... at least in prime central London, says Robert Bailey.
Foxtons opens new branch in SheBu
Foxtons has just opened the doors to its 37th office.
Ballymore cancels Bangkok show after Singapore sell-out
London property developer Ballymore has postponed a planned property showcase in Bangkok because of better-than-expected sales in Singapore, says Andrew Batt.
Home Counties trophy homes flying off the shelves
The £1m-£2m price range remains buoyant, but tax reforms are now seriously affecting the market for properties priced above £2m, according to the Buying Solution.
Tax chatter provokes the big £2m+ sell-off
All this talk of mansion tax is already prompting owners of £2m+ properties to sell up, reports WA Ellis, with an abnormally high number of these instructions recorded in September.
£1m+ sales up by 35%
The top line news from the latest Land Registry report shows increased demand for prime homes, with the number of properties sold for over £1m in June 2012 increasing by 35% to 647, from 478 in June 2011.
Chestertons appoints new Kensington High Street sales director
Adam Moorhouse
Chesterton Humberts has appointed Adam Moorhouse as the new sales director of its Kensington High Street office.
Chelsea top of the class as PCL polarises
Savills has reported significant polarisation within the prime central London market, with only a third of properties showing any price growth in the last three months.
Autumn: “the new Spring” for property sales, but it’s an eBay market
Strutt & Parker are predicting an Autumn surge for the property market, with buyers who were side-tracked by all the fun stuff that happened over the Summer getting back into the groove and househunting…
September stock at highest level since 2008 – Hamptons
The stock of property available for sale is 10% higher than this time last year, and is at its highest point going into September since 2008 according to the latest Hamptons.