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Five auction picks from the first big sales of 2020
Savills & Allsop raised a collective £85m at their first big resi auctions of the year last week, with buyers picking up lots including a development opp in Wimbledon, a penthouse in Knightsbridge, and…
Mayfair deal numbers could jump by 50% this year, predicts Wetherell
Mayfair's "polarised" property market is due to bounce back after three years in the doldrums, says Peter Wetherell.
Mansion tax plans ‘shelved’ after backlash
Plans to unveil a new tax on high-end properties in next month's Budget have reportedly been shelved, just a week after rumours first surfaced.
Nearly a quarter of house-hunters don’t use property portals, says Zoopla
In the third tranche of its State of the Property Nation survey, Zoopla reveals some unexpected truths about property portal usage...
Rightmove predicts ‘a series of new price records’ this Spring
Supply is finally starting to rise, says Rightmove, but not as fast as demand...
Landlord numbers fall to a seven-year low
The average private rental portfolio size has risen as the number of landlords has dropped, reports Hamptons International. The national average rent increased by 3.6% in the last year.
BIID plans roadshow for regional design pros
Series of 'Ask the Expert' events scheduled across the country
City high-rollers return to Prime London
Proportion of £2m+ buyers from a City/finance background hit a six-year high in 2019
Top-end national estate agency launches ‘self-employment model’
Fine & Country is launching a new self-employed business model to run alongside its existing license model.
The world’s ‘Very High Net Worth’ population surged in 2019
The number of "very rich" people (not merely wealthy, but not ultra-wealthy either) escalated by 10% in 2019 - a sharp acceleration from 2018's meagre 1% growth rate...
London house prices have risen at nearly twice the pace of the national average in the last ten years
Property prices in Greater London escalated by 82% between 2009 and 2019, according to research house Acadata. That's nearly twice the average house price inflation rate across UK regions (42.6%).
Eric Parry’s rejected Dolphin Square revamp heads to appeal
Westbrook Partners is appealing Westminster's dismissal of its revamp proposal for Dolphin Square in Pimlico.