Secret Agents: Quiet listings & off-market property deals have soared in the last year
More than 135,000 homes were sold without ever appearing on a property portal or being publicly advertised in 2021, according to new data, while a quarter of £1m+ sales in London were off-market deals.
‘An unusual year’: Britain’s pandemic property market in nine charts
The ONS has produced a series of charts that illustrate what happened to the property market in 2020, from national price inflation rates to a growing preference for larger homes.
‘Strongest ever’ start to the year for London’s £5mn+ property market
128 London homes changes hands for more than £5mn in the opening three months of the year; 25% more than in Q1 2021, and 24% more than in Q1 2020.
Six key issues that will shape the property market this winter
More vendors are cutting asking prices, notes Knight Frank, demonstrating "a flicker of nervousness" in the property market as summer turns into autumn.
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Top-performing European prime property markets to watch in 2025
Knight Frank forecasts price growth across Europe’s key cities & luxury resorts next year, with Stockholm out in front & London at the rear of the pack.
Super-Prime Deal Digest: 38 of 2024’s standout London property sales
PrimeResi’s essential review of the most significant luxury transactions of the year.
Boutique agency scores hat-trick of super-prime sales in Primrose Hill
House Collective's trio of £10mn-plus deals featured some rare large-scale family houses in the popular NW London enclave.
A fifth of estate agents plan to work through Christmas
Agency boss warns of 'burnout' as survey reveals no seasonal break for many brokers.
Belgravia sees super-prime deal surge as ‘new generation of global buyer’ moves in
International HNWIs have been honing in on the prestigious PCL district in 2024, reports Savills.
Guy Meacock: Why London continues to captivate American buyers
'There have been surges of interest from Americans in the past but in 20 years of doing this job, I can’t recall quite so many buying as now'.
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Building Businesses: 2024’s top prime estate agency mergers & acquisitions
Including changes at Chestertons, Christie's International Real Estate, Fine & Country, Foxtons, and a realm of boutique London firms - plus a big portal deal that did not happen.
In Pictures: Super-prime townhouse unveiled at RAMSA-designed scheme in NYC
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