‘The housing market is looking worryingly like a pyramid sales scam’
Academic claims that it's more property pyramid than housing ladder
Bearing Down: How has the PCL sales market changed since 2014?
New analysis of 104 postcodes across PCL and SW London has painted a stark picture of how the capital's prime property market has altered - or perhaps more accurately, been altered - since 2014...
‘Drastic changes’ needed ‘to fix Britain’s broken housing market’ – NAEA & ARLA
"The news is bleak" says the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) as it forecasts that home ownership will fall by 7% in the coming decade …
Stagnation Point: Is the housing market in the eye of the storm?
In all his years as a buying agent, this is the first time Prime Purchase's Frank Speir has seen the market hit a complete standstill; something has got to give, he says...
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CBRE and Beauchamp Estates are about to launch sales at Three Kings Mayfair, for JV developers 1.61 London, Urbanwise and Valpre.
‘Disruptive’ country property agency hits £220mn in sales
Andrew Russell & Ben Bentley's independent firm, The Country House Department, is on course for a 'record' year following a number of big-ticket deals.
Trophy Mayfair block seeks £40mn
Boutique development on Mount Street houses four luxury apartments designed by Rigby & Rigby, plus some retail and office space.
What’s top of the wish list for super-prime tenants & buyers in 2023?
High-end specialists from Savills summarise the key drivers shaping the PCL lettings & sales markets this year.
London property consultancy recruits director of private clients
Hamish Bruce has joined Inhous following stints at Marsh & Parsons and Black Brick.
Buyer sought for ‘exceptional’ Chelsea development site
Freehold swathe on sought-after Tite Street has scope for a significant prime resi scheme.
‘Extraordinary’ Thames-side mansion, once home to the Fortnum family, offered for £5.5mn
Walnut Tree House in Hampton Wick comes with a boathouse and private mooring, and was once home to the owner of Fortnum & Mason.
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