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The director of a London estate agency claims a buyer needs an income of £100,000 a year to purchase a home...

The latest prime London market snapshot from Knight Frank suggests muted activity so far this summer and warns of possible hesitancy...

Competition from Dubai and concerns about taxation under the new Labour Government have led the world’s super-rich to spend less and...

The General Election sparked an early summer slowdown for London’s prime housing market, research suggests. Analysis of the prime London housing market...

Gary Hersham, the founder of high-end London-focussed agency Beauchamp Estates, has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the property data...

Almost half of properties sold in prime central London (PCL) this year had a price reduction, research suggests. The latest data from...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has extended a funding round after hitting its investment target of £600,000. Originally launched in 2018 by...

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

Prime London property sales are taking longer to go through once under offer, which is creating a vicious cycle of fall-throughs,...

A lack of urgency among buyers is hitting the higher value property markets, new research suggests. Analysis of prime London activity by...

Prime central London (PCL) property values flattened out during the first quarter of 2024 after six consecutive quarterly falls, figures suggest. Analysts...

Average sold prices in prime London have returned to 2014 levels, research suggests. The latest market data from LonRes shows the prime...

The prime London sales market has made a hesitant start to 2024, Knight Frank has said. Despite the agent and property brand...

The number of properties going under offer and new instructions are on the rise but this has yet to translate into...

Prime market activity hasn’t caught up with more positive sentiment, Knight Frank claims. It comes as figures from the agency brand showed...

Prime London prices fell 6% annually over 2023 but remain higher over the long term, LonRes claims. Analysis by the data company...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is confident of hitting its target of 1,000 listings by the end of this year. Originally launched...

The prime central London market is set for a rebound, analysis claims. Research by Strutt & Parker reveals the PCL market was...

Achieved prime London sale prices fell by their largest levels since May 2021 last month, research suggests. Analysis by property data firm...

Three major agency brands have unveiled high-profile appointments this week. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature here, email...

Prime London Residential, which describes itself as London’s largest single branch agency, has acquired 21 Grosvenor Gardens from Grosvenor, securing the...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has added three more boroughs to its tool. Originally launched in 2018 by former prime London estate...

September has been ‘underwhelming’ for sales in prime London except for at the high-end £5m price point, figures suggest. Separate analysis from...

United Kingdom Sotheby’s International Realty has opened a new residential lettings and sales office in Knightsbridge.   The luxury listings agent said...

Demand for residential property remains fragile despite a pause in interest rate rises, Knight Frank claims. While the number of new prospective...

Prime London property values are not falling as far as the rest of the market but realistic pricing will be crucial...

An index of prime London properties suggests buyers standing back as economic uncertainty reaches the upper levels of the market. The Prime...

High mortgage rates and a lack of supply may mean the prime property market misses its typical seasonal boost in the...

Buyer expectations of price discounts are too high, a prime agent claims. Jo Eccles, founder and managing director of prime London buying...

A lack of urgency is limited the number of deals being agreed in prime London, LonRes has warned. New analysis from the...

London’s £5m-plus residential market is back in business after a slow first quarter, according to new analysis from Savills. The agent does...

LonRes has declared the prime London sales market to be “subdued” entering the second half of 2023. The data consultancy says that...

Price sensitivity and a flight to quality is dominating prime London markets, research suggest. Analysis of second quarter property market activity by...

The air is slowly coming out of the prime London property market, Knight Frank claims but the agent has said it...

Prime London homeowners are turning to off-market sales to protect the value of their property, an industry executive claims. Property consultancy Tyburn,...

Rising mortgage rates and falling house prices don’t appear to be deterring the super-rich. A report from upmarket agency Beauchamp Estates suggests...

A standoff between sellers looking back at the 2021 and 2022 markets and buyers anticipating a weaker one is stifling the...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

The prime London market appears to be lacking its usual spring buzz as buyers wait for prices to drop research suggests. Analysis...

The prime London property market appears to be finding a new level as sales, demand and prices slide, LonRes claims. Figures from...

The gap between prime buyer and seller price expectations has widened, estate agents have warned, with the majority of buyers expecting...

There was little sign of a major spring bounce in March for prime London markets, Knight Frank analysis suggests, which the...

Higher utility and staffing costs pushed profits down in Savills’ UK residential business last year. The property and agency brand revealed in...

Newly established prime London property consultancy Tyburn, has reported the completion of multiple deals worth in excess of £60m in its...

The average discount to asking price on a sold property has almost doubled since last July as sellers are becoming ‘more...

Newly-independent estate agency North Residential has unveiled new expansion plans with the opening of at least three new UK locations per year and...

Prime London demand and supply is on the rise but mainly for those without the need for a mortgage, new data...

Record numbers of prime properties were reduced in price last month as the pandemic boom is officially over, LonRes claims. Analysis by...

The top-end of the prime London market was a key driver for sales and new listings last year, LonRes figures suggest. Analysis...

New research has uncovered the most densely populated areas for estate agency branches. Agency comparison website GetAgent’s internal data tracks the number...

The first half of 2023 will be more challenging than last year but the performance of the prime residential markets should...

Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

Rich Americans will dominate ultra-premium property purchases in 2023, Beauchamp Estates claims. The luxury agent suggests that the strength of the dollar...

It has been a mixed year for prime London markets, with some areas faring better than others when it comes to...

Buyers are hesitant but haven’t disappeared form the prime London market, Knight Frank claims. The agent’s latest prime London property report shows...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

Demand for prime London property from Americans doubled between September and October due to favourable dollar exchange rates and increased investor...

Fall-throughs are up and the number of properties under-offer in prime London areas has fallen below the pre-pandemic average for the...

Knight Frank expects prices to fall by 3% next year in Prime Central London (PCL) before rising modestly in the years...

There are signs of caution in the prime London market with an increase in sales falling through during August, new figures...

A prime central London (PCL) agency established by former Savills and Knight Frank staff is celebrating five years in business. Tedworth Property...

Prime London discounts are widening and tempting buyers but there are longer term economic risks that could hit the property market,...

Most of us can only dream of buying a prime home, and new research by a mortgage broker has reinforced this...

Global property firm Knight Frank has revealed the pipeline of transactions in prime London residential markets grew further in July as...

Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...

Prime London sales activity remains above pre-pandemic levels despite an annual drop, figures suggests. Analysis of the prime London market for the...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has accelerated its expansion by moving into three London boroughs earlier than expected. Originally launched in 2018...

Knight Frank is predicting a post-summer slump in the prime London property market. It comes despite its data for the second quarter...

The recovery of the prime central London property market is being hampered by a lack of international buyers and Russia’s invasion...

The founder of prime London estate agency Beauchamp Estates is set to reveal all on his most prestigious property sales. Gary Hersham has...

New data suggests the prime London market has a new lease of life as buyers and sellers look to beat the...

Prime London prices continue to hit record levels but actual sales vary depending on values. Figures from property data company LonRes for...

Fine & Country has been revealing the secrets of running an premium estate agency. The agency brand is currently hosting a Masterclass...

Houses continued to be the preferred property type for prime London buyers last month as flat sales continue to struggle amid...

Buyer demand has rebounded in prime areas of the capital and there is also talk of a return to competitive bidding. The...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is planning to expand throughout London over the next year and to cover the whole of...

London’s prime sales market is set to underperform compared with 2021 but is still looking to be better than the pre-pandemic...

The creator of a local social network app acquired by US company Nextdoor is marking a year in prime estate agency...

Demand in prime areas of London has fallen in the first quarter of the year, says estate agency Benham and Reeves. The...

High end estate agency Savills says the imposition of sanctions on Russians, amid new measures obliging overseas buyers to be more...

Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...

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

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...

Knight Frank has appointed David Lewis as head of rural sales for Devon and West Somerset. Lewis’s career in residential property began...

The latest LonRes market snapshot for prime London carries mixed messages in terms of transaction volumes.  Overall, for the month of October,...

Savills has set out its annual house price forecast for prime London - and after years of price falls, the prediction...

A business once called “the UK’s poshest estate agent” has revealed that it’s under new management. Bective - formerly called Bective Leslie...

The  housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...

The latest market snapshot of prime London by estate agency Benham and Reeves shows demand up 5.8 per cent annually for...

Prices in prime central London have risen for the past two quarters, prompting a tentative claim that the market may be...

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...

A prominent prime London estate agent has been awarded £180,000 by a compensation panel following her victory earlier this year in...

More buyers in prime central London are choosing larger properties - a function of the pandemic and the race for space. That’s...

A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...

Transaction volumes in prime London fell in July according to data from LonRes. Transactions were down 22 per cent compared with July...

London’s super prime residential market has recorded its strongest half year in volume and value terms since the rush to beat...

Knight Frank’s network of residential sales offices in London had a record month in June as the end of the main...