What do UK property investors think about overseas buyers?
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Residential property is attracting ‘more sophisticated investors’, says buying agency
"Activity in the residential investment sector is once again picking up", says buying agency Garrington, although the firm reports "a different profile" of buyer in the sector.
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Global investment firm reveals the 24 property markets it’ll be avoiding in 2018
Hong Kong-based IP Global flips the "best places to invest" rundown on its head
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Brexit ‘barely relevant’ for most international buyers, says acquisition firm
'For all the political and economic uncertainty we face because of Brexit, the further you get away from the UK, the less significant it becomes', says Black Brick's Caspar Harvard-Walls, as the PCL agency…
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PCL agency co-founder joins UK Sotheby’s International Realty
George Vernon has taken up a Consultant Senior Lettings Director role at the luxury brokerage.
London estate agency announces major recruitment drive
Dexters wants to take on 200 new recruits via its Training Academy in 2026.
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Buyer sought for £100mn-GDV luxury resi project in Mayfair
Agents are expecting global interest in the ‘oven-ready’ development opp on Upper Grosvenor Street.
Knight Frank appoints Head of Short Lets amid expansion drive
The high-profile agency is looking to ramp up its presence in the short-term rental market.
‘Ambassadorial’ St John’s Wood townhouse sells for £11.5mn
A £3.25mn price cut did the trick for the Grade II listed pile on Hamilton Terrace.
In Pictures: £27mn Rossetti-inspired penthouse launches at Marylebone Square
Marquee unit at long-running PCL project has been named after Christina Rossetti - and is being sold with a first edition collection of poems by the celebrated romantic writer.
American investment boom could ‘lift London house prices’ by up to 3%
Top-end mortgage broker reports a spike in transatlantic enquiries following the recent US State Visit.
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Savills cuts mainstream house price forecasts again
Average property values likely to increase by 22.2% over the next five years, say analysts, as regional price divides narrow.
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The London ‘anti-bubble’: Ollie Marshall on finding value amid the global froth
Bubbles are everywhere these days, writes top buying agent - but a growing cohort of investors is finding shelter & opportunity in the UK capital’s unloved prime property heartlands.
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