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Client-Side: A do-er upper’s 2013 forecast
Our resident serial renovator / buying-agent-turned-client Alan Page lines up the crystal balls and makes some earthy predictions for London's prime property market in 2013.
Monty on the Money: Prime time for HNWs as mortgage rates fall
In his first column for PrimeResi, mortgage maestro Andrew Montlake looks at the prospects for HNW borrowers in 2013...
Country prime down, £2m+ really down, sub £2m up: Knight Frank’s Q3
There was alot of hand-sitting in the prime property market throughout Q3, according to Knight Frank's latest Residential Report.
London swells as escape to the country loses its charm
The way people move in/out/around London is changing, according to the latest research report from Winkworth.
Fishy forecasts: property predictions are “erroneous and complacent”
Research carried out for the UK-based Investment Property Forum has questioned the reliability of UK property market forecasts, claiming they "overestimated capital growth and total returns in poorly…
Client-Side: The quest for an honest profit in prime(ish) London
In the third installment of Alan Page's "Do-Er Upper Diary", the serial renovator and buying-agent-turned-client continues his search for a property with the x-factor...
Big Picture: Knight Frank optimistic on global prime property prices
Knight Frank has released a "quietly optimistic" Prime Global Residential Forecast, with prime property prices expected to rise in 2013 by an average of 2.5% across all 14 major cities surveyed.
Christmas is a cracking time for deals
Will it be a sleepy slow-down or a mad panic rush for the prime property market this festive season, asks Camilla Dell...
December is a funny month.
Crystal balls: prices will be up 20% by 2018
Five years may be a long time, but Chesterton Humberts has taken a punt and projected that total price growth in London, the South East, East Anglia and South West will be pushing 20% by then (compared…
Shoreditch is over, says LSE prof’
David Cameron's approval of a "Creative City" around Old Street and Shoreditch is a death knell for the area, according to one of LSE's leading sociologist, Professor Richard Sennett.
Compulsory purchase system is “inefficient and unfair” – CLA
The Country Land and Business Association has demanded a "root and branch reform" of Britain's compulsory purchase system as HS2 begins to hit home.
Client-side: What’s a buying agent, they guffaw
In the second of who-knows-how-many parts, serial renovator and buying-agent-turned-client Alan Page gets some professional help (via Twitter)
Like most men, I'm somewhat averse to asking for help.