Buying Agency News
Tough at the Top: London’s glut of £50m+ houses
There's been more action at the super-prime end of the market than ever before, according to one of London's top buying agencies.
Heaton up as buying agency expands
Heaton & Partners, the property buying business set up in February by former PropertyVision director Ed Heaton, seems to be riding high in an "unusual market".
Unintended Consequences: Recession, the market, and strange people at property auctions
Change is in the air as a rubbish economy becomes the norm, says Property Vision's Charlie Ellingworth, as the Law of Unintended Consequences kicks in to the UK's property market...
Poacher Turned Gamekeeper & Poacher: Drawing the buying agency boundaries
Should buying agents also be selling properties for their clients? Camilla Dell takes on a piping hot potato...
Commuter Belters: The changing shape of a nation
As a batch of fast-tracked projects promise to expand the capital's "Magic Circle" into new territories, Tom Hudson takes stock of the current commuter conundrum...
Budget 2013: reactions from the prime property industry’s prime movers
A rowdy performance by the Commons, but George seems to have done pretty well by the prime property industry, delivering a "Budget for an Aspiration Nation" that cuts corporation tax to 20%, makes it easier…
Turning up the Heaton: New buying agency off to a flyer
Former Property Vision Director launches a new venture
“New Normal” developers follow the money, not the story, to reach HNW buyers
Developers are talking a good game about attracting British buyers to their shiny new builds, but it's all puff: everyone knows that the real money is still overseas, says Charlie Ellingworth of Property…
Black Brick building up to a record year
No sign of a Blue Monday for buying agency Black Brick, which has reported a raft of new domestic and international client sign-ups already this month (interestingly, all owner-occupiers rather than investors)…
New buying agency Allen Wargent opens for business
Paddy Allen & Pete Wargent
We hear there's a new acquisition agency about to make waves in the prime residential scene...
Battersea fallout
Can Battersea Power Station create a genuine community from scratch, asks Sourcing Property's Jo Eccles...
In search of the secret shires
Clients have a great opportunity to cash up in London and buy in the country (if you know where to look), says Rachel Johnston of Stacks Property Search...