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Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 44, 2025
There was a post-Budget surge in transactions at this time last year.
Property sector among hardest hit as UK business distress surges
The number of real estate & property services firms in ‘significant’ financial distress rose by nearly a third in Q3, reports insolvency firm.
Savills cuts mainstream house price forecasts again
Average property values likely to increase by 22.2% over the next five years, say analysts, as regional price divides narrow.
Fine & Country launches self-employed broker recruitment drive in Prime Central London
Top-end estate agency is looking for 'entrepreneurial, self-employed estate agents to operate independently under a globally recognised luxury brand'.
Chancellor ‘sets the context’ for tax-hiking Budget
Without making specific policy announcements, Rachel Reeves has indicated significant tax rises are coming this month.
‘Ambassadorial’ St John’s Wood townhouse sells for £11.5mn
A £3.25mn price cut did the trick for the Grade II listed pile on Hamilton Terrace.
Carter Jonas makes suite of new appointments in Oxford
Real estate consultancy announces 13 new hires & promotions across sectors in its hub office.
Zoopla declares ‘the end of the Forever Home’ as younger homeowners become ‘more realistic & flexible’
Survey suggests a quarter of 18-34 year-old homeowners view their property primarily as 'a financial asset that should be leveraged when the market is right,' rather than as a permanent base.
Prime London rents rise ahead of the Budget – Knight Frank
PCL values rose 1.9% in the year to October - the biggest uplift since last summer - while average gross yields have hit a near 20-year high.
London estate agency announces major recruitment drive
Dexters wants to take on 200 new recruits via its Training Academy in 2026.
PCL agency co-founder joins UK Sotheby’s International Realty
George Vernon has taken up a Consultant Senior Lettings Director role at the luxury brokerage.
Westminster’s rental licensing scheme launches this month
New rules for some central London landlords kick in on 25th November 2025.