Main image: Increase in properties being marketed in 2013
House price optimism goes through the roof
CEBR triples house price forecast to +4.7% this year, but London ‘weighed down’ by prime sector
The Centre for Economics and Business Research has significantly bumped up its house price growth forecasts for the second time in just three months, but London's price growth is being "weighed down" by…
By Prime Resi
House Price Index shows overall increase, driven by 7.2 pc rise in London
UK house prices increased by 2.3 per cent in the 12 months to May 2012, continuing the pattern seen since early 2010. This rise was driven by a 7.
By Prime Resi
OBR cuts 2020 house price forecasts by 5% – but the Budget won’t affect the market
The Office of Budget Responsibility has revised its medium-term forecasts for the property market down by 5% to +34.1% by Q1 2020, but not as a result of yesterday's Budget.
In real terms, that's a +13.
By Prime Resi
Companies in this article
Knight FrankMost read
‘The rarest of opportunities’: Buyer sought for brace of historic mansions in London’s legal land
34,000 sq ft project on Lincoln’s Inn Fields offers diverse possibilities, including one of the capital’s grandest & most architecturally significant period homes.
How London’s super-rich will live in 2025, according to a buying agent
PCL specialist Ranjit Thaker predicts these four trends will be big with wealthy homeowners in the year ahead.
DDRE Global closes £67mn of deals in bumper January; signs more top-flight agents
One of London’s best-known property advisors, Simon Barnes, has joined Daniel Daggers' luxury brokerage.
In Pictures: Luxury brokerage lists £40mn super-home at The Glebe
Buying an apartment at the record-breaking boutique scheme in Chelsea is 'like acquiring a da Vinci', says firm launching one of the biggest instructions of 2025 so far.
Savills Private Office adds sports, media & entertainment specialist
Hugh Maconochie has joined the agency's HNW-focused division to lead the Sports, Media and Entertainment team.
Surprise result in £36mn Notting Hill moth mansion dispute
Judge rules super-prime home should be returned to the vendor after more than five years, in what lawyers call 'a really surprising' decision.
By PrimeResi
New Nine Elms tower ‘outperforming traditional prime postcodes’ as rental yields top 5%
Apartments at Zone One's tallest resi building were launched onto the market last year.
In Pictures: Hines reveals ‘visionary’ Thames-side mixed-use development
Trio of Foster + Partners-designed towers aims 'to push the standards of wellbeing beyond anything seen before in place design'.
By PrimeResi
INHOUS names new Head of London Sales & Searches
Former Marsh & Parsons and Black Brick agent steps up at David Johnson's agency.
By PrimeResi
How traditional estate agency businesses can future-proof their operations
A serious talent gap threatens the sustainability of the industry, warns property recruitment specialist Barry Collins, and firms will need to align with the evolving expectations of the current workforce…
LATEST ARTICLES
Interview: Laura Conduit of Farrer & Co on navigating the legal side of luxury property
'It’s about being a normal human being and not a stuffy lawyer'; PrimeResi meets the head of property at one of London's oldest & best-known law firms.
‘Signs of life’ in England & Wales housing market, but situation ‘deteriorating’ in London & the South East
A whole combination of factors - including stretched affordability, mortgage rates & non-dom changes – are acting to restrain prices in the capital, reports Acadata.
London resi veteran launches boutique buying agency
Matt Leitch's OQO London specialises in property searches & acquisitions for buyers & investors.
By PrimeResi
Housebuilder pounces on Bristol Zoo site with plans for 196 new homes
The historic site in Clifton has planning consent for 196 new homes.
By PrimeResi
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 6, 2025
Nearly 50% more sales listings have seen asking price cuts so far in 2025 than in the first six weeks of 2024.
By PrimeResi