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A warning to vendors: “small price cuts won’t cut it.”

Black Brick Buying Agent, Camilla Dell, has once again shared her insights into the current UK property buying market this week.

Speaking in Estate Agent Today, Camilla warned that “forecasts of house price growth made at the end of last year are falling like skittles”, citing how SaviIls is the latest firm to trim its expectations, blaming a mixture of geopolitics and changes to Stamp Duty thresholds, for a slower-than-expected first half of the year.

“As a result, it has cut its prediction of UK house price growth this year down to just one per cent, with a total of 24.5% growth over five years.”

Read the full article here.

Labour’s impact on London’s prime property neighbourhoods

Affluent non-doms are said to be leaving London amid the changes seen in this new Labour government.

And as a result, they are contributing to a crash in prime property across both our capital and country. On streets where houses would rarely go up for sale, suddenly rows of mansions are popping up on the market like never before.

Black Brick Managing Partner, Camilla Dell spoke with The Telegraph to share her thoughts on why this was the case, commenting on her own experience of this year’s luxury property market.

Read the article here.

Agent warning to vendors: ‘Small price cuts won’t cut it’

Despite early optimism, the property market is still a buyer’s market this year.

Against the backdrop of house prices increasing by  by 0.6% between June and July, Black Brick Managing Partner and experiences buying agent, Camilla Dell shared her insights to The Estate Agent Today, citing how firms like Savills are beginning to lower expectations for UK house price growth.

Read more of the insights into the current UK housing market here.

Best coastal towns to live in the UK 2025

Popular with avid swimmers, sailors and outdoor adventurists, our many coastal towns are a staple of our culture as an island nation here in the UK.

Rupert Stephenson, Regional Director for Devon, Dorset and Somerset at Black Brick buying agents, has lent his expertise to The Times’ latest feature on the best UK coastal towns and regions to find homes in this year.

Popular with avid swimmers, sailors and outdoor adventurists, our many coastal towns are a staple of our culture as an island nation here in the UK.

Written by Tim Palmer, Rupert has shared his experience and expertise on why some coastal hotspots in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are better than others, considering aspects like property prices, living affordability, culture and community.

Read the article here.

Prime Central London an ‘anxious market’ due to falling prices

The property market in Prime Central London is becoming increasingly hard to predict, navigate and succeed in.

With years of experience in the industry dating back to 2002, our experts at Black Brick have ranked 2025 as the worst year of the past decade for buying and selling property in our capital’s most sought-after locations.

Speaking to Property Wire this week, our Managing Partner Camilla Dell shares exactly why we think this is the case, and how potential government changes in the future may continue to impact the market.

Read the article here.

Domestic buyers are seizing unprecedented opportunities in Prime Central London

UK domestic property purchasers now make up over 40% of our client base here Black Brick Buying Agents; an increase from 25% last year.

Our Managing Partner, Camilla Dell shared her thoughts on potential reasons for this change in the market, such as overseas stamp duty increases and non-dom regime changes, in a new feature for PrimeResi.

Read the article here.

‘London needs to make foreign investors feel welcome’

In a new feature for The Financial Times this week, Black Brick Managing Partner and London Buying Agent, Camilla Dell speaks with Caroline Roux to share her thoughts on Mayfair’s current property market:

“We would consider prime Mayfair to be Grosvenor Square, Mount Street, bits of Davies Street. Off-patch properties are a harder sell. And there are already a number of new-builds that have had properties on the market for a while, including 60 Curzon, on the north border of Shepherd Market, and One Mayfair, a development on Audley Square by British billionaire John Caudwell, where apartments begin at the £35mn mark.”

Read the full article here.

The homes selling at a £5m discount

The days of property price highs seem to be over, at least for now.

With price reductions happening across the country, Black Brick Partner, Tom Kain spoke with The Times to share his thoughts.

Read the article here.