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Asking prices fall in May for the first time in five years
Rightmove recorded an unseasonal but not unpredictable fall in asking prices before the election.
US buyers £33k worse off than last week as sterling soars
Foreign buyers have seen the cost of buying a property in the UK rocket over the last week, after a Tory election win sent the value of the pound skywards.
Buyer offers £110m for Picasso’s Cannes mansion
One of the most famous villas in all of France could be about to hit the market, and it sounds like there's already been some private interest to the tune of £110m.
Deconstructed: The Garden House, Hampstead
Squeezing a brand new detached house into the grounds of a Hampstead mansion block might seem unlikely, but Hamilton Court Developments and Claridge Architects have managed something quite special, creating…
New buying agent joins Sourcing Property
Independent property search agency Sourcing Property has recruited a new member to its ranks of buying agents.
Rob Chard joins the firm after spending four years at Deutsche Bank in London and Singapore.
How Does Your Garden Grow: Putting a price on outside space
The start of the Chelsea Flower Show tomorrow has prompted some timely workings on the value of outside space from Marsh & Parsons.
LBTT drives record number of Scottish £1m+ sales
March saw the highest number of £1m+ sales ever recorded in a single month in Scotland, according to new research into the impact of the introduction of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.
‘Average London house prices are likely to breach the £1m barrier before 2030’
Population, employment levels and average earnings are all set to rise faster in the capital than in the rest of the country over the next 15 years, predicts Oxford Economics, and that means that "average…
Hunters adds 23 branches with Country Properties acquisition
Hunters estate agency has bought sales and lettings agents Country Properties, adding another 23 franchised branches to its network.
PCL house price growth hits five-year low
Property prices in prime central London nudged up by 0.3% in April, says Knight Frank, to take the annual rate of growth at a five-year low of +2.8%.
Pre-election new instructions fell at fastest rate since 2009 – RICS
Pre-election uncertainty saw new instructions fall for the third month in a row, and house prices rise again in all parts of the UK in April, according to the latest from the RICS.
Super-prime market ‘moderated slightly’ ahead of polls – British Land
British Land has reported an "excellent" year for the resi side of the business, despite the pre-election heebie-jeebies.
Clarges Mayfair on Piccadilly