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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Beau McCarty has joined Hermione Russell's recently-opened office.
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Green light for ‘landmark’ redevelopment scheme in Chelsea
Transformation of one of the neighbourhood's 'most iconic sites' is due to deliver 24 luxury homes and a flagship retail space.
St John’s Wood villa with supermodel provenance returns to agency’s books after 30 years
Arlington Residential brings Greville Road property back to market at just under £6mn - three decades after first selling it for under £800k.
Is the Prime London sales market turning a corner?
Latest LonRes data shows strong pick-up in under offer numbers and stabilising values - along with signs of a resurgence at the very top-end
Brokerage recruits ex-Savills department head
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Historic St James’s building sold after luxury redevelopment
Obbard's corking rental scheme for wine merchant Berry Bros resulted in 'a very significant uplift' in value.
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