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Stagnation Point: Is the housing market in the eye of the storm?
In all his years as a buying agent, this is the first time Prime Purchase's Frank Speir has seen the market hit a complete standstill; something has got to give, he says...
Prime Property of the Week: Laterally Tweaking
Chelsea Square
£18.995m
Standing head and shoulders above the week's other instructions, this super-wide family house in SW3 has been refurbished by someone who really knows what they're doing.
Shove Thy Neighbour: Kensington’s next-door strangers
Nobody pops round to borrow a cup of sugar in Kensington, laments Alan Page, as he muses on why neighbourly relations are such different affairs in the town and country...
Cameron’s Crusade: A Eureka Moment?
David Cameron’s latest missives about kickstarting more homes in the UK could be a 'Eureka Moment', says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
You have to hand it to the man.
The complicated reality of choosing the right development
Developers are scrambling to meet demand for prime residential property in London but not all schemes are created equal, notes Camilla Dell in her latest market round-up...
Prime Property of the Week: The Other Boat Race
Swan Walk, Chelsea
£8,950 per week
Well before the boys in light and dark blue started taking each other on, another boat race was already drawing crowds of Londoners to the riverbanks each year.
Superprime Cybercrime: Avoiding and dealing with property transaction scams
Increasingly sophisticated methods of cybercrime are causing havoc for property investors and law firms, with conveyancing firms proving particularly vulnerable.
The Flying Solution: When buying agents take to the skies
How do you show an important client around all the properties on their shortlist, whilst battling with 50,000 festival revellers? Sometimes the only way is up, finds top buying agent Bobby Hall...
Prime Property of the Week: Store Credit
Penthouse, Trevor Square, Knightsbridge £19m
How to be a good neighbour when developing a building
What with all that extra dust, noise and traffic, it's not hard to see why building works can often be a cause of tension between neighbours.
Anti-money laundering rule change ‘crucial’ for the London market
A Marylebone-based agency has called for a fundamental change in current anti-money laundering legislation, because the government and HMRC "don't understand" how the property market works in the capital.
Meat Market: They call them Offers, I call them Pointless
Too many cheeky buyers expect meaty discounts on well-done asking prices; not on my turf, says Alan Page.
The next time I go to my local butcher for a couple of steaks, here's what I'm going to do.