Miscellanea
Introducing the PrimeResi Map and Sales Digest
There were 203 £2m+ residential property sales lodged with the Land Registry in the first three months of this year, down quite dramatically from the 494 that went through in the previous quarter.
EMEA’s luxury home market climbs as ultra-rich ‘flight to safety’ continues
Ultra-rich types are buying up luxury homes around the world "to further diversify their holdings," according to a new report by Wealth-X and the Sotheby’s International Realty, which also flags up…
Out Now: PrimeResi Quarterly Summer 2015 Edition
The prime resi market is always a fascinating subject, but the last three months were packed with more drama than most years can manage.
Cadogan portfolio soars to £5.2bn
The Cadogan Estate had a pretty successful 2014, going by its latest set of accounts. The overall value of its property portfolio rose by a chunky 13.5% to hit a new peak of nearly £5.2 billion.
Tasty Locations: House prices near Michelin Star restaurants outperform
House prices in most areas surrounding restaurants recently-awarded a Michelin Star outperformed the wider market the year following the accolade, according to some new research by Knight Frank.
Brouhaha over plans to turn landmark pub into a Foxtons
The Elephant & Castle pub, which some say gave the south London area its rather odd name, looks destined to become the latest branch of Foxtons.
Holiday Home Hotspots: England & Wales’ top ten destinations
Cornwall, unsurprisingly, is the UK's holiday home capital, notching up 10,000 leisure residences - that's 6% of all holiday homes in England & Wales.
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£2.73m: ‘Mansion’ Miliband tops party leader property stakes
Someone's just worked out that Ed Miliband would be the only party leader currently required to pay the proposed Mansion Tax.
Vendors now ‘more open to negotiation’ than at any time over the last six years
There's plenty of clients out there, and some deals to be had, reports Mayfair-based buying agency Black Brick, but most of the action has predictably been below £2m...
#Budget2015: The prime property industry’s reactions
No surprises in today's pre-election Budget, and not much new that directly affects the top of the market, but there are still some things to have opinions about...
Read about what was announced here.
Newnham crowned ‘Best Place to Live in Britain’
A suburb of Cambridge has been named as the best place to live in the UK.
The Sunday Times reckons Newnham has it licked, combining a village atmosphere with close proximity to a thriving city centre.
Please Mr Osborne: An estate agency’s Budget wishlist
Although the UK now has one of the fastest growing economies in the developed world, London-based estate agency Chestertons thinks that the Chancellor still has an embarrassingly large budget deficit…