‘When you factor in cash and mortgaged transactions, the picture is less bleak’
Cash-based transactions are a significant part of the overall market and key in sustaining prices, notes Acadata.
Revealed: The UK areas with the highest percentage of cash buyers
The proportion of cash buyers ranges from less than 20% in Barking & Dagenham to nearly 60% in parts of Norfolk, new research shows.
Heatmapped: ‘The general picture is one of a slowing market’
The annual rate of inflation across England & Wales has slipped to 4.1%, reports Acadata, but ‘there will be no price collapse as some had previously suggested’
Ranked: The UK’s ‘cash buyer hotspots’
Cash buyers have accounted for 27% of sales recorded in the UK this year, according to new research, but the proportion in some areas has reached over half.
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Second-hand homes set new records in Mayfair
Wider uncertainty has failed to dent the historic district's appeal amongst global HNWIs, reports agency.
PCL market ‘holds steady’ despite pre-Budget jitters
The number of applicants registering to buy was up by nearly 50% last month, reports JLL.
John D Wood & Co. recruits Savills’ Stuart-Mogg to lead Kensington sales
James Stuart-Mogg spent the last eight years with Savills.
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Super-prime mansion project in Jersey seeks buyer
Currently in shell and core form, the rare new-build will be delivery turnkey to its new owners following a fit-out by a 'globally recognised' team of designers.
Kaye & Carey founders move on
Matthew Kaye and Adam Carey have closed their 21-year-old Knightsbridge estate agency, but remain in the PCL property arena.
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London is ‘still by far Europe’s most mature & expensive high-end residential market’
New CBRE analysis takes a deep dive into the capital's luxury living sector, and how it compares to other wealth hubs.
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High-profile agency appoints new Director of Prime Sales.
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