Company Tag: Benham & Reeves
Mayfair’s newest street is London’s top super-prime hotspot
Created as part of British Land's record-breaking Clarges Mayfair scheme in 2017, Ashburton Place has seen more sales above £10m than any other address in London over the last 12 months
Top-end prime London prices have fallen by 16% since last year
The average £2m+ price paid in prime London in the first half of this year was £3.9m; that's 16% less than a year earlier
Five Years On: How have transaction volumes fared since Osborne’s stamp duty bombshell?
Sales volumes in London's priciest boroughs have tanked by over 20% since 2014, according to new analysis, compared to an average decline across England & Wales of 0.8%
Prime Resi Industry Reactions: Boris Johnson declared as the UK’s new leader
The Conservative Party has elected the controversial Brexit-loving former Mayor of London, Boris, as its new leader; he will take over as Prime Minister from Theresa May on Wednesday
British Housing Ministers, ranked by their track record of delivering new homes
There have been 17 different Housing Ministers in the last 20 years, but who delivered the most new homes?
A ‘sophisticated gang of fraudsters’ is targeting luxury rental flats in London
Estate agents tell of fraudulent tenants targeting luxury rental homes in London, while Benham & Reeves has flagged a 117% "surge in fake applications" in the wake of the recently-enacted Tenant Fee Act…
73% of buy-to-let investors still think the sector is the best long-term investment
83% of investors say it is either unlikely or very unlikely that they will sell their buy-to-let property within the next year, with the majority (58%) staying put for five years
Benham & Reeves signs up Strawberry Star director to lead Singapore team
Well-known former JLL & Strawberry Star agent Doris Tan joins independent agency as it looks to target Singapore investors investing in London
Ranked: Prime London’s top-performing postcodes
W8 was the hotspot for high-end deals last year, according to granular analysis of Land Registry transaction data across the prime postcodes, with 148 sales registered above £2m;
Agency closures predicted as London’s lurgee spreads to the regions
Investment firm LCP foresees further branch closures and consolidation as new analysis show transactions and prices falling in every sector – Prime Central London, Greater London, and the rest of England…
Ranked: The average cost of a car parking space by London borough
Benham & Reeves calculates the average value of a car parking space in the capital to be £218,871, more than the average house price in 176 locations across the country
London’s neutral rental market ‘is no cause for concern’
Tenant demand is still strong even in areas where rental values dipped in Q2, reports Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings