Location: London
Treasury eyes £1.5mn mansion tax threshold as Budget rumours gather pace
UPDATED: Reports suggest Treasury is considering widening the HVCTS net, potentially hitting nearly 300,000 homes.
Asking prices stage Autumn bounce, but London sellers face tough market
The average price tag on a newly-listed home has risen for the first time since May, but Rightmove warns that sellers are competing for buyers in the most crowded market for 12 years.
Big-ticket mortgages rise as wealthy buyers turn to debt
More than £3bn was advanced through regulated £5mn-plus mortgages in the year to March, with London accounting for nearly nine in ten deals.
Knight Frank research boss: UK housing outlook hinges on Middle East tensions
Markets are pricing in multiple rate hikes, but where borrowing costs go next relies heavily on a single unpredictable geopolitical risk, explains Tom Bill.
Broker lands stellar £18mn instruction in SW London
Grade I-listed Richmond observatory - now a super-prime residence - was originally built for George III to watch the transit of Venus.
Well-known London agency adds two more self-employed brokers
Olia Sequeira & Victoria Peters sign to the 68-year-old brand.
Weekly Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
PrimeResi's regular stock check, powered by LonRes
Strutt & Parker broker ranks hit double figures
Seasoned St John’s Wood agent becomes tenth member of recently launched brokerage division as heritage firm targets further Prime London expansion.
London super-prime sales haul jumps 72% despite global slowdown
Knight Frank tracked a 'flurry of remarkable sales' in London during Q2, but US$10mn+ transaction volumes dipped slightly.
Domestic buyers drive flurry of £5mn-plus deals in Kensington
Agency reports clutch of high-end sales as local families home in on 'good quality, sensibly priced' stock.
My Property Career: Quickfire Q&A with Hamptons’ Canan Wood
Recruitment guru Barry Collins chats with prime resi industry leaders & entrepreneurs, distilling decades of experience & career highlights into 60 seconds.
Overseas companies hold nearly 15,000 property titles in Westminster & RBKC
Land Reg data suggests Prime Central London accounts for more than a third of the capital’s overseas-company-owned property titles.