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I have been an agent for 25 years and have represented a large corporate agency and Anderson Rose (my own independent...

Savills has produced a strong ‘half year report’ to shareholders - but with an interesting take on how it’s operating in...

Prime property agency London House, which features in the new Netflix series Buying London, has seen a 30% increase in global...

The great grandson of the founder of Jackson-Stops has returned to the sales side of the industry after running his own...

A new service has launched to provide buyers of prime and super-prime residential properties with an appraisal of the property’s suitability,...

Beauchamp Estates has opened two new offices in the south of France. The prime luxury agent is now located in the luxury...

Swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor, his and her bathrooms, accommodation for staff, and endless tech-powered gadgets are just some of...

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

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

Fine & Country has launched a new Masterclass Series focused on the art of maximising fees and boosting additional revenue. Set to...

Cash purchasers, younger needs-based buyers and relocators are the driving force behind the current prime UK property market, according to research...

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

Old Conduit House in Hampstead Village, a beautifully restored Gothic Grade II* Listed 5,054 sqft (470 sqm), six bedroom home, built...

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

Sotheby’s Realty International is set to return to the small screen next week. Its agents will feature in Channel 4's prime residential property...

British actor Rupert Everett has swapped the big screen for the recording studio after becoming the new voice of a radio...

Agents remain positive about the year ahead but may need to raise their fees or grow market share to survive, Fine...

The directors of London agent Churchill and Mathesons have taken on a Fine & Country license to cater for the upper...

LonRes has launched a new mobile app for its subscribers to access listings while on the move and support agents while...

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

A co-founder of new free-to-list portal Jangle has outlined how the new business aims to disrupt the property listings market. Prime property...

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

Knight Frank has recruited two former Savills executives to launch and run its new homes team in Cheltenham. The property consultancy and...

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

Another ‘prestigious’ London location has been added to the Fine & Country roster, with Teddington the latest to open a branch...

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

Despite the cost-of-living crisis causing many to tighten their belts and the beginnings of a slowdown of the property market, the...

Prime property purchasers are typically paying a 122% premium to be in the top 10% of buyers, research suggests. London agent Benham...

A leading surveyor in London says the likely introduction of a register of overseas property ownership and sanctions making it difficult...

A national newspaper has lifted the lid on what it alleges to be the backgrounds of high-end self-employed agents who feature...

If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...

Knight Frank has sold homes collectively valued at over £100m on just one exclusive estate so far this year alone.  The Wentworth...

Savills has revised its price forecasts for prime property market across the UK, but when it coms to prime central London...

London property is still a draw for the wealthiest in the world according to Knight Frank. Despite international travel restrictions, the number...

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

A new boutique estate agency is to open in London, run by a former director of both Dexters and Hanover Residential. Jeremy...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

The so-called race for space as the pandemic drives buyers to reconsider their lifestyle options has led to prices for prime...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...

An international property and residency consultancy claims the sold prices of homes in some prime London locations have collapsed by up to 40...

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

A new survey of prime London property shows 21 per cent of homes on sale have had their asking prices cut...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

The legendary Mayfair estate agency Wetherell is linking with London’s Dexters chain in a new partnership. Wetherell, run by high profile chief...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...

A high-end estate agency which describes itself as 'the world's only global lifestyle real estate company' is recruiting new partner agents. Quintessentially...

Now could be the time to buy shares in Purplebricks and Foxtons if one stock market pundit turns out to be...

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

Fine & Country, the international network of prime estate agencies, has this week announced the opening of two new offices. The first...

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...

A property in London’s Mayfair has a price tag of £23m and is being sold via a system allowing interested parties...

Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...

It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...

Two reports have suggested London’s residential market may be damaged by Brexit - both the past two and a half years...

A high-end estate agency selling some of the country’s most expensive homes says the possible currency falls resulting from Brexit chaos...

Coutts Private Bank is the latest institution to express its concern over London’s housing market. The latest Courts London Prime Property Index...

Fine & Country is claiming to be the fastest growing premium estate agency brand in England and Wales over the last...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

Hunters is partnering with a PropTech firm to allow homes on the market and still awaiting buyers to be short-let for...

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

Transaction levels in Prime Central London (PCL) increased for the third consecutive quarter during Q1 2017, according to Strutt & Parker. However,...

New data from LSL Property Services suggest that the image of London as one large housing market encountering difficulties at the...

An Essex estate agent who believes he is the youngest in the industry has explained his success to Estate Agent Today...

New data from Knight Frank shows that prime property prices have dipped by 0.1 per cent in the three months following...

Members of the property industry join the rest of the country in going to the polls today to decide whether the...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has expanded its network of branches in central London with the launch of new offices in Clerkenwell,...

The National Association of Estate Agents and Association of Residential Letting Agents say that although there are no conclusive ‘leave’ or...

The Bow Group - a think-tank that was previously a solid backer of the Tories but has recently flirted with UKIP...

One of Britain's leading buying agencies say transactions at the very highest end of the London market may be as much...

The 65 equity partners and 8,000 staff of high-end estate agency and property consultancy Knight Frank are set to benefit from...

Savills and Knight Frank say prime central London property values dipped slightly over the summer with stamp duty still being blamed...

A pressure group is calling for estate agents to conduct additional checks to ensure the legal provenance of buyers’ funds, and...

The Centre for Economics and Business Research, a leading consultancy, says the drought in properties on the market is pushing up...

Knight Frank says the summer is likely to be busier than expected for the sale of prime property as a result...

If business is a bit quiet over the next few Mondays, don’t feel guilty at watching TV - you could even...

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

Knight Frank says the high-end market in Scotland has slumped as buyers and sellers allow the new Land and Buildings Transaction...