William Carrington: On interest rates, inflation & the coming market slowdown
There is a lot of bad news out there right now and the property market will not be immune from interest rate rises and inflation, writes LonRes chairman William Carrington…
Rising interest rates & cost of living ‘yet to impact’ prime property buyer budgets
“With the market as competitive as it is, motivated buyers can ill afford to reduce budgets, despite rises to mortgage rates and household bills," says Savills.
Knight Frank’s five-point plan to reignite the housing market after Covid-19
A Stamp Duty holiday is just one of the "critical" government-led measures needed to "kick-start" the property market - and so stimulate the whole economy - after the Coronavirus lockdown, says the Knight…
Carrington on Q2: Brexit, Purplebricks & PCL
With the arrival of Kit Malthouse as the seventeenth incumbent Minister of State for Housing since 1997, one could say that this time, at last, we have someone with real experience of local government…
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New leadership for the Savills Private Office
Rory McMullen joins Alex Christian as co-head of the property consultancy's specialist global HNW team.
Jennings steps up to lead Chestertons’ resi business
Adam Jennings has been promoted to Head of Residential, in charge of the London estate agency's sales & lettings teams.
Forbes Gilbert-Green lands Property Vision veteran Connell
Seasoned London buying agent joins boutique property advisory firm after two decades at PV.
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Success storeys: Top four development sales launches of last year revealed
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A data-led look at activity and pricing across the capital's £3mn-plus sector.
The main risk for the housing market now is political – Knight Frank
Lower mortgage rates should underpin demand, but this week's by-election outcome may shape sentiment, explains the agency's head of UK resi research Tom Bill.
American property portal rolls out ‘transformative’ AI interface
CoStar says the launch 'marks a generational leap forward in how people navigate the home search and home buying process.'
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