Saul Empson: What the Dickens is going on in the prime property market?
If we all stopped in our tracks every time the papers rang a bell to call the onset of the next property crash, none of us would have bought homes since 1998, says buying agent Saul Empson...

Saul Empson is an independent property buying agent, offering a personal, bespoke service to a small group of private clients
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London’s super-prime property market ‘has very much found its feet again’ as transaction levels remain high
Spending on £10mn+ homes in London has reached a seven-year high, leading Knight Frank's Rory Penn to suggest that 'for now, the super-prime market in London has very much found its feet again.'
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‘There is no lack of interest’: Peninsula London pauses sales after world’s wealthiest pick up 70% of residences
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Tom Bill: What does the higher bank rate mean for the UK housing market?
Lenders are tinkering with mortgage rates as a contradictory set of events unfold but higher rates are here to stay, says Knight Frank's head of resi research.
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In Pictures: Former PM Johnson buys moated Oxfordshire Manor House
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Foxtons takes cues from Netflix & Amazon in bid to ‘modernise estate agency’
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Ranked: The UK’s best places to live in 2023
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City Slicker: Inside a new Foster + Partners-designed penthouse in east London, asking £9.9mn
Principal Tower, a new 50-storey landmark on the edge of the Square Mile, is the only resi building in London designed inside-and-out by the world-famous architecture firm.
Luxury developer Mountwood unveils new boutique scheme in west London
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