Main image: An unmod house on Putney’s Balmuir Gardens was knocked down for £1.25m on the day
Virtual auctions are delivering real results, reports Savills
Agency hosts most successful July auction since 2017, raising £32m with an 82% success rate; live-stream format resulting in higher average sold price versus traditional ballroom events, says team...
Prime central London has finally bottomed out, says Savills
            Following a correction on the same scale as those seen post-GFC and in the early 80s and 90s, the PCL market is 'close to a full re-pricing' - but uncertainty is holding back the bounce...         
    
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    Talking Heads: Chinese buyers have turned to the Home Counties
            Before the pandemic, only around one in 20 Chinese and Hong Kong home-buyers used to look for a home in England's Home Counties; now it's nearer one in five, according to a new study.         
    
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    London posts highest monthly price rise since September 2017
            'The turnaround in the direction of price movements is now becoming a more permanent feature', note LSL & Acadata         
    
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Brace of Mayfair mansions offered as ultra-prime redevelopment opp
            A luxury resi reworking of the twin Georgian townhouses on South Audley Street could deliver a £65mn end product, agents suggest.         
    Rumourmill: Chancellor ‘plotting mansion tax raid’ on £2mn+ homes
            More speculation about potential tax hikes in November's Budget event.         
    
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    Telegraph: ‘How Britain’s most expensive house became a £250mn white elephant’
            2-8a Rutland Gate is 'a barometer of the vigour of London’s so-called 'super prime' property market', says journalist Jonathan Ford.         
    
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    Battersea Power Station owner reportedly mulls sale
            It is suggested that BNP Paribas has been brought in to 'explore options' for the sale of non-residential parts of the landmark building.         
    
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    Tapping the Top End: Lucian Cook on the potential impact of taxing luxury homes
            As the Treasury signals tax changes, Savills' Head of Residential Research examines their potential impact on the prime property market.         
    
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    Knight Frank’s Rory Penn on resilience, recalibration & finding opportunity in London’s prime property market
            Q&A: The high-profile agency's London sales chief reveals a big-ticket deal tally and shares how the business is navigating 'peak uncertainty'.         
    London letting agency under fire over Chancellor’s rental mis-step
            Rachel Reeves 'had not been made aware of the licensing requirement' when she rented-out her home in Southwark via a letting agency.         
    
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    Property & Pre-Budget Propaganda: Charles Curran on the real effects of policy leaks & speculation
            Maskells' MD reflects on how the recent raft of terrifying predictions are impacting on activity in the prime market - and why opportunistic buyers are still pressing ahead.         
    Knight Frank concludes South of France partnership
            Agency points to ‘evolving strategic priorities’ as it announces another change to its French network.         
    Industry Reactions: Renters’ Rights Bill gains Royal Assent
            New laws represent 'seismic' changes for landlords, tenants & letting agents.         
    
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