Mega-deals dry up as caution slows London’s top-end property market
You could count the number of £30mn-plus sales that happened in the last year on two hands.
Prime London’s top-end outperforms in ‘slow’ spring market
The £5mn-plus market has been the most active prime London sales sector since 2021, reports LonRes.
London’s runaway top-end market falters
But a surge in under-offers could see a bounce-back in Q2.
‘An unsettled summer’: London’s prime sales market slows but ‘underlying demand is holding up reasonably well’
Even by usual summer holiday standards, August was a quiet one in the prime postcodes, reports LonRes.
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Former embassy sold in Mayfair’s biggest house deal of 2025
‘Landmark’ sale of £22mn Park Street mansion shows resilience of PCL market, say agents.
In Pictures: ‘One of the finest homes in South West London’ hits the market at £25mn
Agents expect 17,000+ sq ft trophy home in Fulham to attract strong interest from PCL-based buyers seeking scale & seclusion.
In Pictures: Vast Georgian-style mansion in Kensington seeks £35mn
'This really is the house which has everything,' says sales agency.
Russell Simpson builds Mayfair team
Beau McCarty has joined Hermione Russell's recently-opened office.
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St John’s Wood villa with supermodel provenance returns to agency’s books after 30 years
Arlington Residential brings Greville Road property back to market at just under £6mn - three decades after first selling it for under £800k.
Charles Curran: Forget the hype, this is reality
Boutique estate agency boss (and former private equity banker) rails against misplaced optimism - calling for honesty, realism and tough love in today’s Prime Central London market.
Green light for ‘landmark’ redevelopment scheme in Chelsea
Transformation of one of the neighbourhood's 'most iconic sites' is due to deliver 24 luxury homes and a flagship retail space.
Historic St James’s building sold after luxury redevelopment
Obbard's corking rental scheme for wine merchant Berry Bros resulted in 'a very significant uplift' in value.
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Is the Prime London sales market turning a corner?
Latest LonRes data shows strong pick-up in under offer numbers and stabilising values - along with signs of a resurgence at the very top-end
Brokerage recruits ex-Savills department head
Sam Pagett will be covering the Cheltenham patch as a Moveli broker.
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