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Top three risks to the central London property market: Mansion Tax, interest rate rises & over-inflated prices
The results of the Lonres Spring Agents Survey are in, and they're probably best described as "mixed". There's lots to digest as usual, so let's get amongst it.
Flat Cap: What are the implications of Labour’s rent control ideas?
Ed Miliband's taken on the lettings industry.
Souper Prime: How air pollution shaped London’s property hotspots
What on earth has smog got to do with the capital's property market in 2014? Quite a lot actually, says Winkworth's CEO Dominic Agace...
A real pea souper in Trafalgar Square during WW1
Q1 sales boom for Ladbroke Grove, Westbourne Grove and Bayswater
W11-based outfit Crayson has also been totting up the scores from Q1 and reckons ppsf values achieved so far in 2014 across its enviable K&C patch are 14.3% above where they were a year ago.
Spring market in full bloom, but transactions still 35% lower than ‘normal’
The property market is at the vanguard of the UK's wider economic recovery, says Carter Jonas in its Spring Review, with house prices and transaction numbers rising pretty much across the board in England…
‘Exceptional’ Q1 for PCL’s £2m+ sales market
834 homes were sold in prime central London in Q1, according to Strutt & Parker. That's an 8.3% increase on the quarterly average for the last ten years.
Historic number and values of sales in PCL
Grade I National Trust mansion up for rent in Shropshire
One of the most important houses in Shropshire - the Grade I-listed, National Trust-owned Morville Hall - has come up for rent at just £2,000 a week.
‘Excellent year’ for Winkworth as expansion pays off and profits climb 58%
Winkworth has followed Foxton's lead, posting strong pre-tax profits and nearly doubling the amount of cash generated in its full year results on the back of 'dynamic' growth in the market and a series…
Transaction levels soar as million-plus market jumps by 61%
The number of £1m+ deals has rocketed by 61% as total sales volumes stand 46% up on last year's level, according to the latest from the Land Registry.
Market in ‘good health’ as London’s price growth hits 2007 levels
A 'positive economic backdrop' (falling unemployment levels; rising consumer confidence;
Grosvenor prepares for PCL ‘correction’; slashes resi exposure by £240m
The Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor Group has dramatically reduced its exposure to luxury resi in prime central London and reiterated its concerns about property values in the capital.
Branch growth and soaring prices drive big Q1 for Foxtons
Those little liveried Minis must have been buzzing around town even faster than usual over the last few months. Here's those remarkable Foxtons Q1 results at a glance...
Q1 Group turnover was £34.