Letter from the country: The worst stock shortage in 30 years
Buyers in West Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire are offering long-stop completions as available options remain severely limited, reports Jennie Hancock.
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Letter from the country: Old chestnuts & bottomless money pits
Spring is around the corner and more sellers are emerging, but three quarters of existing stock is still overpriced, reports West Sussex & Hampshire buying agent Jennie Hancock.
Country house buyers hold back in third summer of uncertainty
Exchanges are down 10%, buyer registrations are down 14%, and average prices have fallen by 5% in the last year, reports Knight Frank.
Agency reports ‘renewed momentum’ in prime country markets as demand jumps 50%
Strutt & Parker's voice joins a gathering chorus confirming a spring sales flurry for top-end country houses.
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In Pictures: Inside Oliver Burns Studio’s £21.25mn show apartment at The Bryanston
3,872 sq ft turnkey residence is the latest designer collaboration at Almacantar’s 54-unit super-prime scheme overlooking Hyde Park.
Grosvenor warns historic London homes could lose their appeal without planning reform
Great estate pushes for shake-up to help Mayfair & Belgravia properties cope with rising temperatures.
In Pictures: $157mn trophy estate emerges from ‘one of the most iconic renovations in Palm Beach history’
This newly-completed 27,000 sq ft waterfront compound comes with 15 bedrooms, a sunken clay tennis court, private theatre and boat lift.
‘Cost pressures are real but so is the opportunity’: The new economics of prime resi construction
Skills shortages, regulatory delays and the net-zero push are piling pressure on projects - but a repriced PCL market could work in developers’ favour, argues Ben Godfrey.
Nest Seekers picks London for global luxury property summit
Berkeley Group signs up as headline sponsor as luxury brokerage prepares to convene agents from across its 2,500-strong network.
‘Taylor Swift Tax’ faces legal challenge from luxury homeowners
Rhode Island’s new levy on high-value second homes has been in force for less than two months - and already has a fight on its hands.
‘The best projects have a soul before they have a spreadsheet’: In conversation with YOO Group founder John Hitchcox
The property entrepreneur who helped pioneer loft living and branded residences talks London’s overlooked hotspots, buyer trends, the next big shift in the sector - and the best investment he ever made.
Top-end London renters go shopping in the sales market
Agency reports 34% uplift in lets across the prime postcodes over the last year - and a ‘strategic shift’ in the £5,000-per-week-plus sector.
Non-dom exodus could be costing Treasury £4bn a year, claims top wealth lawyer
Stephenson Harwood’s James Quarmby says it’s the wealthiest departures that matter - and warns they aren’t being replaced.
Land Reg adds extra data to transaction records
UPRNs will be added to HM Land Registry's Price Paid Data from this week.
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