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Super-Prime Deal Digest: 23 of 2023’s standout London property sales
Take a tour of the most luxurious and significant residences to change hands this year in PrimeResi's essential retrospective.
In Pictures: 2023’s 20 most-viewed property listings
From country mansions and castles to suburban semis and a bijou investment flat, Rightmove and Zoopla have revealed which property listings attracted the most online eyeballs this year.
Tom Bill: Risks change in Prime London’s sales market as the year ends
'The primary risk for London’s prime property market is now political rather than economic,' says Knight Frank's research chief, as he looks back at how 2023 unfolded, and assesses what lies ahead for…
Tom Bill on ‘a year of re-balancing’ in the Prime London lettings market
'2023 was the year the convulsions caused by the pandemic in the prime London lettings market began to dissipate,' says Knight Frank's residential research chief, as he looks back at the past 12 months…
House prices continue to fall despite improving market sentiment
'UK housing still looks expensive by historic standards,' says Zoopla, which expects prices to fall a further 2% in 2024 'as prices and incomes re-align.'
Ranked: The UK’s most expensive streets in 2023
Mayfair's Grosvenor Square claims top spot in annual Halifax rankings, despite a £3mn drop in the average value.
Cliff Gardiner: ‘There is a good degree of industry optimism around for 2024’
The view that things can only get better, shared by many Prime London estate agents, 'is based on the notion that the property market simply cannot continue to stagnate for yet another year,' says BHHS…
Top-End Territory: Six hyper-prime sales that shook the PCL property world
London's luxury property sector received an early Christmas present last week, in the shape of a near-£140mn deal in Mayfair;
‘We expect a minor reduction in property values at worst’: Jackson-Stops agents predict 5% price drops for some local markets in 2024
'The only thing that is certain is uncertainty,' notes Jackson-Stops chairman Nick Leeming, sagely, after polling property market predictions from estate agents around the country.
Buying agency posts best-ever year as London ‘gets its swagger back’
Savills-owned Prime Purchase has seen its London division come to the fore in recent years.
Abrahmsohn: Let’s hope next year is reassuringly unremarkable
Veteran agent Trevor Abrahmsohn summarises the ups and downs of the last 12 months, and what might lie ahead for the property market in 2024.
Record year for Knight Frank’s PCL Developments team
A number of landmark projects sold out over the course of 2023.