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While lots of vendors take their properties off the market during the festive season, those who don’t are likely to be extremely serious about closing - giving buyers the opportunity to snap up a bargain,…

The future looks pretty bright for property prices - as long as you're not banking on central London performance - says Savills in its big round of forecasts.

The rate of annual price growth in prime global cities has crumbled in the last two years, from +7% in Q3 2013 to just +1.9% in the year to September 2015, according to the latest Knight Frank Index.

The number of prime central London tenancies agreed in September was 12% lower than the same month in 2014, reports Knight Frank, as rental values dropped by 0.5% in October.

House prices in Greater London will end the year up 5.1% on an annual basis, Strutt & Parker has predicted, a rate of growth outstripped by the East of England (7.1%), the South East (5.

The "majority of world cities are significantly overvalued" says UBS in its Global Real Estate Bubble Index, as it charts the imminent  risk of price drops in key global hubs. Introduction

Buying agency Prime Purchase has made another key addition to its London team.

Property prices in London and other global financial centres "are now, in many cases, fundamentally unjustified," says UBS. "The risk of a real estate bubble in these cities has risen sharply."

The Amara Interior Blog Awards took over Firmdale's Ham Yard Hotel - and much of Instagram - last night; here's who won what: BEST ARCHITECTURE BLOG Dezeen English Buildings (WINNER) Homeli

The new SDLT regime is creating a boom and a bust at one end of the scale whilst raising less money for the government at the other; not such a clever move, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...

Sellar Property Group has assembled a stellar design line-up to deliver its high-profile "Shard of west London" vision.

Knight Frank has made a fleet of promotions across the business, creating 39 new Salaried Partners and 57 new Associates.