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Mortgage lending remains ‘relatively strong’
The number of mortgages for house purchases fell slightly from December to January, but is still well above numbers seen in the last decade.
Sotheby’s Realty reports 32% sales jump
Sotheby’s International Realty saw its sales figures rocket by nearly a third last year, despite international travel restrictions and multiple Coronavirus lockdowns.
Wealthy overseas buyers prepare to swoop on UK’s super-prime market
‘Be ready now to beat the rush when the flights resume’, Knight Frank tells vendors...
Rightmove profits plunge by 37%
Estate agents paid Rightmove an average of 28% less per branch in 2020 compared to 2019 - but the property portal expects marketing spending to recover to at least pre-pandemic levels this year.
Savills Mayfair reports bumper year; takes on £100m mega-instruction
The flagship office on North Audley Street has been flying with co-head of PCL Claire Reynolds at the helm...
Weekly Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
PrimeResi’s regular stock check, powered by LonRes
Property portal reports record traffic, but vendors continue to wait
Record numbers of people are browsing the internet for a new home - but there's a dearth of new sales listings...
Estate agents lose over £4,000 for every property sale that falls through
Research by Propertymark has revealed the top five reasons why buyers pull out of a deal...
In Pictures: ‘Marbella’s finest villa’ offered for €85k a week
Casa Savannah in the Marbella Club is being pitched as "the ultimate summer holiday pad", featuring "James Bond style" interiors.
Lloyds expects house prices to fall this year
Lloyds Banking Group predicts that average property prices will fall by 3.8% by the end of 2021, with a downside risk warning of negative growth until at least 2024.
Knight Frank picks Notting Hill as one of the world’s top ten neighbourhoods ‘primed for growth in a post-pandemic world’
KF's Wealth Report 2021 identifies ten "up and coming" prime residential locations around the world, including four in Europe.
Five Trends: Buying agency picks top PCL themes to watch
Which parts of the market are looking more vulnerable to the 2% overseas surcharge? And which streets are likely to prove ‘bullet-proof’ regardless of wider economic events?