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Emma Fildes: Observations from the field
Market indices have given sellers false hope, reports buying agent Emma Fildes, and there is an air of desperation amongst those who went too big on price before the summer.
Emma Fildes is Founder of property buying agency Brickweaver.
‘Asking prices in the majority of PCL remain frankly delusional’: Emma Fildes on a rollercoaster year for resi property
From the post-pandemic frenzy to the sticky situation buyers & sellers find themselves in today, how the market has changed in just 12 months.
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UK market ‘is becoming more free flowing,’ says buying agency – but ‘it is far too soon to call this a full recovery’
'With many buyers spoilt for choice and sellers keen to get a deal done, generous discounts are still achievable for buyers who do their homework and negotiate effectively,' says Garrington.
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Lucian Cook: Painting a picture of Prime Central London’s ‘decade of adaptation’
Savills' Head of Residential Research appraises how PCL's property market has changed over the past ten years - since George Osborne's sweeping reform of the property tax regime - and looks ahead to what…
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Jo Eccles: Five emerging themes shaping the Prime Central London market in 2026
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US interiors firm debuts in UK with Battersea showhomes
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‘There are signs that price falls are bottoming out’: Two major agencies update Prime Central London forecasts
Cluttons and Strutt & Parker both believe the era of PCL price declines is ending.
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