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The latest index by London agency Benham and Reeves shows that buyer demand for both prime (£2m+) and super prime homes...
11 April 2024
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The prime London sales market recorded both price and transaction falls in February, while in lettings, rental growth increased slightly and...
26 March 2024
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A developer once said that after a slowdown, you need no further bad news for two consecutive quarters for a recovery...
19 March 2024
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London-focussed property data firm LonRes says there are signs of green shoots in the capital’s prime housing market. January saw a rise...
27 February 2024
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Sales Market: The UK housing market is at an inflection point, which means mixed signals for buyers and sellers. Inflation has fallen...
13 February 2024
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Data from London property data consultancy LonRes suggests supply in prime areas of the capital is improving and so rental growth...
30 January 2024
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Cluttons, a prime London residential property specialist, has flagged an end to house price falls in its new forecasts for 2024...
25 January 2024
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One of the country’s highest profile high-end property consultancies says confidence is returning to prime markets after a turbulent year, with...
04 January 2024
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The latest research by Foxtons reveals just how much London homeowners can add Ali’s to their property by digging down. The research...
19 December 2023
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It’s not often you can say the property market was stronger in November than in September, but it was this year....
14 December 2023
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Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market ramped up in the third quarter of 2023, according to new analysis from Savills. The high...
24 October 2023
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A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
19 October 2023
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Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says high end agency Savills. Prices in...
19 October 2023
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The capital city’s super-top-end property transactions rose by 30% last year, and that is likely to continue in 2023. Multi-millionaires and billionaires...
05 January 2023
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American investors are increasingly interested in prime London property, boosted by favourable exchange rates, the current need for diversification of portfolios and...
16 November 2022
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As the idea of a new prime minister takes effect, how the government tackles the economic challenges facing the country remains...
16 September 2022
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Just last week, Savills published their World Cities Prime Residential Index, which highlights that despite economic and political gloom, the prime...
19 August 2022
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Despite prime London property prices remaining largely flat on a year-on-year basis, some postcodes have seen average sale prices climb by...
27 April 2022
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London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, claim that although prime London properties are subject to discounts, this discount is starting...
15 April 2022
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With tenants returning to the capital in 2022, research by rental portal Rentd has revealed that the London rental market has...
01 April 2022
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Russian residential property purchases contributed an estimated £190 million in market value and £13.2 million in stamp duty tax last year,...
07 March 2022
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In this guest piece, Hugh Wigzell, senior associate at Farrer & Co, lists three issues that property buyers and investors should watch out for...
02 March 2022
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The borough of Wandsworth sits top as London’s prime property hotspot over the last year, accounting for the highest level of...
07 January 2022
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The prime London rental market has enjoyed an 8% uplift in rental values over the last year, with the most in-demand...
17 December 2021
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London remains one of the most desirable locations to live in the world, despite its ranking as the sixth most expensive...
29 October 2021
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A return of foreign buyer demand could increase property values by £134,000 in some areas of the capital according to the latest...
10 September 2021
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UK property finance platform CapitalRise has funded its biggest crowdfunding raise. Investors of the platform have reserved £6.4 million in finance...
28 July 2021
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Living well in retirement and into old age has become a very hot topical issue in the last 15 months or...
11 June 2021
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The number of sales transactions in the Prime Central London (PCL) market recorded in March was the highest since March 2016,...
19 April 2021
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One of the strangest sights during the pandemic has been the image of some of the biggest, busiest cities in the...
12 April 2021
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A new thought leadership paper has looked at where, what and why Chinese high-net-worth-individuals (HWNIs) and investors are buying and developing in...
22 March 2021
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International investors are increasingly focusing on the buy-to-let (BTL) property market in the North West of England, according to property investment...
10 March 2021
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Research by high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global, has revealed how the upper tiers of the French property market are currently tempting...
19 February 2021
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In this Q&A, Thomas Balashev – who has spoken previously of breaking into the old-money elite of prime London property despite...
17 February 2021
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The UK’s prime property market is evolving, rather than suffering, throughout the coronavirus pandemic, new data from wealth manager and private...
15 February 2021
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To no-one’s surprise, there haven’t been petitions or concerted pressure from the public, MPs and trade bodies regarding the introduction of...
10 February 2021
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The annual price decline in prime central London (PCL) was 4.3% for the third consecutive month in January, while average rents...
08 February 2021
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With 2020 wrapped up and many anticipating the year ahead, Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, provides commentary...
04 January 2021
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Two super-prime London mansions are on offer as part of a ‘buy now, pay later’ scheme that allows buyers to move...
26 October 2020
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While average rental values in prime central London (PCL) have declined annually by 6.9%, average house prices in prime London property...
14 September 2020
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A residential property and design consultancy for the prime and super-prime London market is seeking to disrupt the traditional model by...
14 September 2020
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The Prime Central London (PCL) property market is the busiest it has been for over five years, according to estate agency...
19 August 2020
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In this Q&A, we catch up with Dean Main – founder and major shareholder of luxury residence management company, Rhodium –...
30 March 2020
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Last week tech giant Facebook announced that it would be hiring 1,000 more staff in London, bringing its total workforce in...
31 January 2020
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Welcome back to Women in Property Investment (or WIPI), where we focus on inspiring women who are making their mark in...
17 January 2020
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Benham and Reeves has revealed the capital’s prime and super-prime streets where buyer activity remains strong despite a wider market ‘freeze’...
27 November 2019
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Co-living is currently a nascent market in the UK – still highly niche, albeit growing – but there are signs that...
20 November 2019
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Central London has seen a 55% increase in demand from family offices, real estate funds and large investors looking to bulk-buy...
14 October 2019
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Buying a detached house in the UK is cheaper than paying stamp duty in prime central London, analysis from Springbok Properties...
04 October 2019
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The number of prime London transactions dipped by 7% in the first half of 2019 when compared to the same period...
02 October 2019
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The prime lettings market in the capital is showing signs of strength, according to agency Russell Simpson. The firm says it has...
30 September 2019
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Looking back to four or five years ago when Prime Central London property prices were booming, it became commonplace to buy...
28 August 2019
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Dollar-led buyers are snapping up prime London properties as sterling sinks to a 28-month low, according to The London Resolution. The company...
07 August 2019
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Property in prime central London (PCL) has outperformed a range of other asset classes (including gold, farmland, antique jewellery and the...
12 July 2019
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The latest research report by ultra-prime estate agent Beauchamp Estates has revealed that Hyde Park Gardens and the immediate area have been...
19 June 2019
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The weakness of the pound following the Brexit vote has helped to propel the number of US buyers in London to...
19 June 2019
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A prime and super-prime London property portal has examined the capital’s most expensive roads for homes. The portal, Vyomm, analysed Land Registry...
14 June 2019
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Investment yields from prime London buy-to-let properties don’t reflect the risks involved, Hadrian’s Wall Capital (HWC) has claimed. The London-based specialist debt...
23 January 2019
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Theresa May kicked off the Conservative Party conference – which is taking place in Birmingham this week – by outlining plans...
03 October 2018
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Property Partner has announced a ‘strategic partnership’ with GAMA Property that aims to give investors the chance to access returns from...
29 June 2018
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Expats and foreign nationals in the UAE are using the weak pound to snap up UK properties while prices remain affordable...
06 December 2017
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There was a marginal increase in the number of residential property sales in prime central London in the first half of...
03 August 2017
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The decline in property prices at the upper end of London’s housing market has led to a sharp rise in home...
18 July 2017
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Despite a backdrop of political uncertainty, sales volumes are starting to pick up in the prime central London property market as...
07 June 2017
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Despite weakening growth in the capital, where values are around 80% higher than in 2009, there are still plenty of good...
10 May 2017
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A property investment platform offering investors the opportunity to indirectly invest in prime residential property in the capital with as little as £1,000...
06 April 2017
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Sales volumes are increasing in the prime central London property market as purchasers look to take advantage of more ‘realistic’ asking...
17 March 2017
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Competitive bidding, lower asking prices, a weak pound, the residential property market in the capital continues to appeal to many prospective...
15 March 2017
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Residential property price growth across all prime regional markets slowed during the final quarter of last year, bringing annual growth to...
06 February 2017
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Despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty, sales volumes are rising in the central London prime property market as buyers look to...
09 January 2017
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Land values in prime central London dropped by 10.3% in the year through to September, and are now at around the...
18 November 2016
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Prime residential property prices across the world’s major cities increased on average by 3.8% in the 12 months to September 2016,...
01 November 2016
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The average price of a residential property in England and Wales rose slightly last month despite a month-on-month decline recorded in...
17 October 2016
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Residential property prices in London’s prime locations will fall by 9% this year and not rise again until 2019 as increased...
22 September 2016
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There has been a significant rise in the volume of prospective property purchasers in the prime central London since the EU...
12 September 2016
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Residential property prices in prime central London are currently falling at their fastest rate for seven years owed in part to...
06 August 2016
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Property prices across London’s prime housing markets continued to fall in the run-up to the EU referendum, with further declines anticipated...
08 July 2016
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High property prices and an ultra-low interest rate environment are tempting many property owners in prime central London to sell up...
13 June 2016
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Prime central London development land prices fell for the second quarter in tandem with values for greenfield land in England which...
07 June 2016
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More than a third of prime London property acquisitions made by buy-to-let investors in the first quarter of the year were...
27 April 2016
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The rental market in prime central London is starting to slow following a year of record breaking growth with rents either...
18 April 2016
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Buyer registrations and tenancy agreements in Prime London have soared in the last year, according to Marsh & Parsons’ latest London...
12 February 2016
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This January is set to be the strongest month outside of the summer for lettings activity, fuelled by Christmas divorces and...
05 January 2016
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Cumulative growth in UK prices will total 20.3% in the five years to the end of 2020, according to Knight Frank’s...
17 November 2015
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The surprise election result is set to boost transaction levels across Prime Central London, according to new research by high-end agency...