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![Prime Demand Dips as London’s high end market remains challenging](/upload/images/24%2004%2011%2004.jpg)
The latest index by London agency Benham and Reeves shows that buyer demand for both prime (£2m+) and super prime homes...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![London’s struggling prime market offers opportunities for investors](/upload/images/240326%20%2003.jpg)
The prime London sales market recorded both price and transaction falls in February, while in lettings, rental growth increased slightly and...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Green Shoots appear in Prime London sales market - LonRes](/upload/images/24%2002%2027%20%20%2005.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Confidence Returns To Prime Property Markets - Savills](/upload/images/24%2001%2004%20%2003.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Investing For The Super-Rich - a snapshot of London’s poshest market](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2024%2004.jpg/23%2010%2024%2004__400x226.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Investors In London Property Buoyed By Better Returns](/upload/images/23%2010%2019%2002.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Cash investors snap up prime London flats as buy to let landlords exit](/upload/images/23%2010%2019%2004.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Britain’s best performing prime housing markets](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2012%2003%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.jpg/23%2010%2012%2003%20by%20Graham%20Norwood__400x266.jpg)
House prices across the UK’s increasingly price sensitive prime markets nudged down for a fourth consecutive quarter in the three months...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![What does Liz Truss mean for the prime London property market?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
As the idea of a new prime minister takes effect, how the government tackles the economic challenges facing the country remains...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Market slowdown – UK house price growth expected to plummet](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Average house price values are set to rise by a total of 12.9% by the end of 2026, but affordability pressures...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A with Richard Bosson - 'Prime Central is absolutely crucial'](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Caudwell-RichardBosson-400x310.jpg)
Prime Central London (PCL) was hit harder by most than the pandemic, as international buyers stayed away (due to Covid travel...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Wandsworth wins as wealthiest London hotspot in 2021](/upload/images/library/Wandsworth-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Where to invest in London’s most exclusive resi neighbourhoods](/upload/images/library/BPS-LondonAerial-400x310.jpg)
London remains one of the most desirable locations to live in the world, despite its ranking as the sixth most expensive...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - why the rise in W2 should keep PCL investors optimistic](/img/default/pit.png)
The prime end of the market has been one of the hardest hit by Covid-19, but Euroterra Capital – known as...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![The roaring 20s – will there be a return to the cities that never sleep?](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the strangest sights during the pandemic has been the image of some of the biggest, busiest cities in the...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![UK investment - has there been a boom in buyers hailing from Hong Kong?](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain and Hong Kong have long had close relations, not least because it was a British colony until as recently as...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![A 'beret' good time – prime French market tempts buyers from London](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: Prime property continues to bear the brunt of Covid](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Housing market resilience will continue in 2021 – analysis](/img/default/pit.png)
Although it’s been said quite a lot this year, 2020 has been an unprecedented year in history and one in which...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight: how will Brexit affect the UK property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
As the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the transition period, and the start of post-Brexit Britain from January,...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revolutionising the prime market – one developer’s goal to shake up the system](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Global super-prime property outperforming expectations](/img/default/pit.png)
Global super-prime property markets have performed strongly in recent months, despite the challenges of Covid-19 lockdowns. Knight Frank research shows that 153...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Strong growth for luxury country homes market as outdoor interest soars](/img/default/pit.png)
High-end countryside properties valued at £5 million and above recorded the strongest growth of any property type in the three months...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – will the luxury property market bounce back quicker?](/img/default/pit.png)
The coronavirus pandemic has had huge impacts on all parts of the property industry, with the market effectively on pause mode...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Prime property: lockdown buying and selling advice for investors](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK property market is currently on hold due to the government's lockdown restrictions. Although in-person property viewings and valuations can't take...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Women in Property Investment – making it in the super-prime market](/img/default/pit.png)
Welcome back to Women in Property Investment, your bi-weekly dose of tales, tips and tidbits from inspiring women breaking barriers in...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top 10 global ‘ultra-prime’ streets revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Knight Frank has analysed sales data in the most exclusive global residential locations to list the top 10 ultra-prime streets and...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![The most in-demand prime London streets revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![One million pound-plus residential property sales soar twelve-fold](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past 20 years, propelled by rising property prices, according to...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![The best performing £1 million-plus property postcodes in 2019 revealed](/img/default/pit.png)
Super-prime property portal, Vyomm, has looked at the highest average house price across England and Wales to determine the best performing...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Demand soars in France’s prestige property market](/img/default/pit.png)
The French property market saw a record 970,000 transactions in 2018, up from 564,000 in the depths of the financial crisis. The...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Barcelona’s property market bounces back in 2019](/img/default/pit.png)
Confidence is returning to Barcelona’s property market following a stuttering period after the October 1 independence push in 2017. That’s according to...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Returns from London BTL homes don’t outweigh risks, firm claims](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Demand for Marbella property remains strong, says Knight Frank](/img/default/pit.png)
Appetite amongst buyers for property in Marbella has strengthened over the last year, particularly in the prime and super-prime end of...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Prime country house prices continue to grow steadily, says Knight Frank](/img/default/pit.png)
In the first half of 2018, prime country house prices have increased by 0.9%, according to the latest data from Knight...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Spanish property market continues to thrive](/img/default/pit.png)
Demand for Spanish property continues to increase, the latest market analysis from Lucas Fox has revealed. The number of Lucas Fox sales...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Madrid continues to attract significant property investment](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest research by luxury estate agency Lucas Fox has revealed that Madrid is cementing its status as a key European...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Spain’s residential market continues to recover](/img/default/pit.png)
After a decade of uncertainty, the Spanish prime property market finds itself on its firmest footing, according to Knight Frank’s latest...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sales activity picking up for prime country homes in the UK](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a marginal rise in prime country prices in the UK in the second quarter of the year, thanks in...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Top ways to reduce stamp duty on prime property](/img/default/pit.png)
Sales of homes at the top end of the housing market have collapsed over the past 12 months or so, especially...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fall in property sales threatens London’s status as economic powerhouse](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property sales across many parts of the UK will fall in the year ahead, especially in London, if demand for...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![London’s super prime housing market is not ‘dead in the water’](/img/default/pit.png)
London remains among the most desirable cities in the world for the super wealthy, but with property prices reaching record-breaking levels...
22 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to fall next year](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices look set to fall across many part of the UK next year as the housing market and wider...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Leaving the EU will have varied impact on London’s property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is set to have a mixed impact on housing markets across London, according to...
01 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Cash is king in London’s prime property market](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rental market cools](/img/default/pit.png)
The rental market in prime central London is starting to slow following a year of record breaking growth with rents either...