Location: United Kingdom
Engine rooms of South East and East leading UK house price growth
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.
30% fewer buyers in PCL as price growth drops to six-year low
The number of new prospective buyers in prime central London was -30% down in the three months to September compared to the same period in 2014, says Knight Frank, as prices and transaction levels fall…
Sotheby’s teams up with Anderson Harris
High-end agency UK Sotheby's International Realty has signed an exclusive deal with property finance specialists Anderson Harris.
Practical Makes Perfect: The rise of property management
What do you do if your pool springs a leak in the middle of the night? Or if your tenant doesn’t understand the latest tablet controlled lighting?
Prime central London rents drop as tenancies slide by 12%
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.
Sourcing Property expands buying team
Independent buying agency Sourcing Property has recruited a new acquisitions specialist from top law firm Charles Russell Speechlys LLP.
RBKC serves record number of stop notices
The Royal Borough's planning enforcement team is one of the most active in the UK, according to new figures released by the Department of Communities and Local Government.
Is this the West End’s ultimate fixer-upper?
A project on Charles Street with a particularly colourful past is being billed as "the West End's ultimate fixer upper opportunity".
The first floor apartment at Number 6 is being offered up at £1.
Vendors bearing the brunt of extra stamp duty costs – LonRes
With 83% of agents in its autumn survey reporting that changes to stamp duty have had a detrimental effect on their local markets, and a net balance of respondents noting falling levels of activity…
Bubble Watch: A field guide to the world’s most over-valued property markets
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.
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Apprentice star’s agency opens fourth office in four years
Jamie Lester's Haus Properties is launching another office in leafy Fulham, taking its tally of branches in the capital to four.
EG Rich List 2015: The Top 50
The definitive annual survey of the wealthiest people with property assets in the UK - the Estates Gazette Rich List - looks pretty different to when it was first published in 2002.