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In Their Prime: The Best Period Properties of 2013
2013 was a truly vintage year for vintage property.
House prices to rise by 8% next year as new instructions “close to stagnating” – RICS
An "acute imbalance between burgeoning buyer demand and sluggish supply" will drive house prices up by 8% in 2014, according to the RICS, as new instructions to estate agents are "close to stagnating".
The Great Divide: House price schism “unbalancing the economy”
Despite pretty universal forecasting that the regions are now playing catch-up with London's runaway property values, "The Great House Price Divide" is bigger than ever and threatens the stability of the…
2014’s ten biggest sales will be… mostly in London and New York
"No-one is surprised" that the six of the ten most expensive homes on the market right now are in London and New York (three a-piece), with nine out of ten sitting in either the UK or the US, according…
Money Where Your House Is: British property millionaires up by a third in 2013
The number of £1m+ homes in the UK increased by 31% to 92,985 this year; that's 255 new property millionaires a day, according to Zoopla. 1.
Prophet & Loss: The difficult business of property market forecasting
Why did so many commentators and analysts get it wrong this year? Perhaps we still don't fully understand the strength of the forces behind the price growth we've been witnessing, says Camilla Dell...
What does £10m get you in the best bits of London these days?
According to Beauchamp Estates and Dataloft, the average price paid per square foot for London properties over the £10m mark has increased by a chunky 27% since 2011, rising from £2,400 per square foot…
Bills, Bills, Bills: How much does it cost to run a London mansion?
Felix Dennis' overused quote "if it floats, flies or fornicates, always rent it" should really have included something about London mansions, going by Beauchamp Estates' latest research.
Uh-Oh, We’re in Bubble: 93% chance that London is over-priced
Someone's come along and told us we're in trouble: there is, according to the eminent Professor James Mitchell of Warwick University's business school, a 93% chance that London is in the midst of a property…
Duke of Westminster surrenders property rich list crown
After a good ten years at the top, the Duke of Westminster is no longer the richest investor in UK property.
Former Chesterton man makes a splash across the Channel
Graham Downie, the former Director in Charge of Chesterton International in Mayfair, has just been named as the new Chief Executive of French giant Leggett Immobilier.
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Cluttons changes its colours as part of “profound” agency reboot
250-year-old estate agency Cluttons is completely overhauling its brand, launching a modern blue new look as of 12th February 2014 as "a public demonstration of the profound changes which are transforming…