Top-end home-buying activity sinks as asking prices get ‘over-optimistic’ – Rightmove
Property portal reports a sharp month-on-month increase in asking prices for "top-of-the-ladder" homes - despite dwindling buying activity in this market segment.
Estate agents report sharp start-of-year jump in home-buying activity
Buyer demand jumped by 80% from December to January, reports Propertymark, while the number of agreed sales increased by 50%.
Housing market continues to slow, with prices and transactions in decline – RICS
January's RICS UK Residential Survey show the most widespread property market decline since 2009.
Asking prices flatline as sellers show ‘unseasonal pricing restraint’
UK's biggest property portal reports "better than expected" start to the year.
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The Grade I listed Walpole House on Chiswick Mall was asking £12mn and sparked competitive bidding.
Knight Frank promotes 170
Agency names 31 new Partners and 58 Associates across its UK business.
‘The government got it wrong’: Prime property insiders react to non-dom U-turn rumours
UPDATED: Key inheritance tax rule 'under review' amid wave of high-profile departures, reports suggest.
£15mn price tag for turnkey Mayfair townhouse with Omani royal provenance
Former private family office HQ on Chesterfield Hill has been transformed into one of the finest homes in the area, say agents.
Michael Caine’s former Oxfordshire estate listed for £10mn
Bucolic retreat with 600 feet of Thames frontage offers 'a true Swallows and Amazons lifestyle', say agents.
Boutique agency founder moves to top-end brokerage
Moveli signs up another well-known PCL operator as platform expands its coverage across the UK.
Super-prime developer shells out c.$100mn for trophy Dubai plot
25 Degrees is planning to create five top-end villas on the rare undeveloped parcel on Palm Jumeirah.
Inside Branded Residences: Six top operators reveal the secrets of successful schemes
Chris Graham of Graham Associates takes a deep dive into the branded residential sector, gaining fascinating insights from senior figures at leading operators Accor, Four Seasons, Hilton, Kerzner, Marriott…
In Pictures: ‘One of the grandest townhouses in Marylebone’ seeks £18.5mn
Happenings at Harley House are believed to have directly inspired a Charles Dickens novel.
Knight Frank relocates flagship Mayfair office
New location on South Audley Street places team ‘at the centre of one of the most significant prime and super-prime markets in London’, says high-profile agency.
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