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What happened at the very top-end of the country house market in 2020?
The super-prime country estate market saw a resurgence of UK property buyers this year, and renewed appetite for the traditional residential estate, reports Jess Simpson...
Clients’ Questions Answered: Brexit & residential property markets
The status of UK residents looking to live or purchase a residential property in the European Union changes on 1st January 2021 as the UK’s transition period comes to an end.
Timeline: Key market milestones in 2020
Despite the eight-week shutdown, many important indicators of activity were stronger than in recent years, notes Knight Frank.
Tom Bill on what 2021 could bring for the UK property market
Tax changes and the withdrawal of support measures mean the post-Covid ‘normal’ will only begin to emerge later next year, writes Knight Frank's Head of UK Residential Research.
Grace & Favoured: On the etiquette of property buying
Achieving the best outcome for a client is not always about exerting openly aggressive tactics, writes Jo Eccles - in fact it’s quite the opposite...
Best of the West: The country house sales that stood out in 2020
Some dream country houses changed hands across Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset and Wiltshire in 2020, notes buying agent Robin Gould - including a Medieval ‘sleeping beauty’ and a once-in-a-generation…
On this year’s key buying trends and the outlook for 2021
Buying agent Sara Ransom reports on what London buyers have really been after this year, and predicts which areas will be in demand on the other side of the Christmas holidays...
Why house prices are unlikely to crash next year
There is an assumption that when the furlough scheme ends, unemployment will spike and house prices will crash. However, 2021 is likely to be far less straightforward, writes Tom Bill...
Buying Agent: ‘There is real scope for there to be a whirlwind of activity in the first quarter of next year’
Who could have anticipated that 2020 would prove to be one of the best years for those operating in the prime property market, writes Ed Heaton as he runs through some of the key trends to emerge in both…
Don’t tax working from home to save the office – build more homes
Well-designed office-to-resi conversions can revitalise our cityscapes as they undergo dramatic changes accelerated by the pandemic, argues Grant Lipton...
Dexters’ Jeff Doble on the role of the local estate agent & why online-only ‘doesn’t work’
EXCLUSIVE: As Dexters continues its meteoric rise as London’s biggest independent estate agency, boss Jeff Doble explains why he's not worried about the 'digital threat'...
Conversion Starter: Is housing the future of the high street?
Nicola Gooch explains the significance of the latest proposals to shake up the general permitted development order.