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An oversupply of property in the £5m-plus part of the prime London property market has led to a surge of sellers...

Prime buying agency Black Brick has seen cash buyers double this year. Data from the buying agent shows 66% of clients have...

If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...

There’s a growing trend for estate agents to quit big-name corporates and either go independent or join US-style brokerages, a top...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

Properties sold off market by a London agency found buyers more quickly, and for nearer the asking price, than those on the...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

A leading buying agent says 2019 is likely to see the continuation of last year’s trend where distressed sellers accept discounts...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

A house in Mayfair that was sold for £19.175m in 2014 and put on the market this year at £25m has...

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

A buying agency says it has secured a prime London property for one of its clients at almost 40 per cent...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...

Wary buyers reluctant to risk buying a premium-priced property in the volatile prime central London market are adopting a perhaps-surprising tactic...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

London-focussed Buying agency Black Brick has launched a specialist service to cater for divorcing couples. The company - increasingly regarded by some...

A leading buying agency says the Brexit transition deal will help central London’s fragile sales market. Caspar Harvard-Walls, a partner in the...

High-profile buying agency Black Brick has highlighted the scale of reductions now being made by sellers of some trophy properties in...

The well-respected buying agency Black Brick has revealed the scale of discounts it secures on prime properties being sold for different...

Respected buying agency Black Brick says there is evidence that prices in prime central London may be stabilising and transactions volumes...

Black Brick says its turnover in 2016 tripled to £3m with new business so far this year focussing increasingly on owner-occupier...

The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

A leading buying agency says there might be at least one upside to having The Donald in the White House -...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

Estate agents and market analysts have spent 24 hours expressing their nervousness over the repercussions of Donald Trump's victory in the...

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election.  Camilla...

An agency that has opened a new office in the controversial Nine Elms area of London has published research claiming that...

Housebuilder St Modwen has been forced to write down the value of the landmark Nine Elms regeneration scheme because “recent transactional...

A leading London buying agency is warning that some areas of prime central London could face a downturn following the Brexit...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

The recent changes in stamp duty means some investors in high value locations like London are splitting their purchases to reduce...

Within 12 hours of Greece defaulting on repayment of part of a loan to the International Monetary Fund, a prime central...

Figures from a prime central London agency show a 400 per cent rise in sales to African buyers in the year to...