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Private sales to account for 8% of the property market next year
The Little House Company, a founder member of the new National Private House Sales Association (NPHSA), believes that the proportion of vendors selling off-market will rise from 2% this year to 8% next…
Will we remember the 5th December, asks Ed Tryon
As next month's Autumn Statement looms large on the horizon, Ed Tryon beseeches the government to deliver some clear thinking.
Camilla Dell’s Indian summer
Camilla Dell reviews a vintage year for the prime property market.
2012 has witnessed prices so far year on year rising by 10%, which is over and above what most forecasters were predicting.
There’s nothing as scrummy as crummy, says Tracy Kellett
Why get worked-up about a do-up when smart buyers can make do with a done-up, asks Tracy Kellett in her latest piece for PrimeResi.
Perfect storms and French feeding frenzies: Property Vision’s 2012
Avid readers will know that many of the property industry's biggest hitters have already started reflecting on the year that was and peeping beyond the festive curtain at what 2013 has in store.
Down with the socialist regime, says Trevor Abrahmsohn
Forget Mansion Tax; an extra £600m from an extension to Council Tax banding would be much more sensible, says prime property's man of the moment Trevor Abrahmsohn, exclusively for PrimeResi.
Renting in London: the coming boom
In a compelling and thorough new report published by Cluttons, Professor Michael Ball of Reading University's Henley Business School argues that London property prices, and rents in particular, are…
A letter from the Home Counties
In his first column for PrimeResi, Julian Amos scales the security gates to report back from the salubrious suburbs...
Has the budget affected the PCL property market, asks Camilla Dell
The Chancellor whacked up tax rates on prime properties in May; Camilla Dell explores what the impact, if any, has been on the market.
Quietly does it: Robert Bailey opens up about private sales
To sell your property on the open market or not? That is the question... at least in prime central London, says Robert Bailey.
Home Counties trophy homes flying off the shelves
The £1m-£2m price range remains buoyant, but tax reforms are now seriously affecting the market for properties priced above £2m, according to the Buying Solution.
Distraction? What distraction?
The August RICS Housing Market Report is out and the big surprise is that there were no big surprises...