Behind the UK’s blue plaque obsession — and do they boost your house price?
When it comes to the question of whether historic blue plaques add meaningful value to London properties, Black Brick’s Camilla Dell offers a clear-eyed verdict.

When it comes to the question of whether historic blue plaques add meaningful value to London properties, Black Brick’s Camilla Dell offers a clear-eyed verdict.
Some property experts have suggested that optimistic house price figures may be masking a deterioration in market conditions.
Buying agency Black Brick has boosted its London-based team with three new recruits.
Black Brick’s Founder and Managing Partner, Camilla Dell, wrote an article for the Financial Times, discussing how geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East is influencing the decisions of internationally mobile high-net-worth individuals.
The lights are on across London’s Mayfair and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, but a large number of property owners are not home.
The property magnate Nick Candy has sold his mansion in Chelsea, southwest London, for more than £265 million, in what is believed to be the most expensive ever house sale in UK, if not the world.
Even in an expensive city like London, the sale of an apartment for almost $80 million raises eyebrows.
Britons who settled in Dubai are contacting luxury property agents to arrange emergency £5,000-a-week rentals in London, after being left frightened by drone attacks from Iran and freedom of speech clampdowns.
In the world of (super) prime property, deals often come down to who knows what – and when.
Looking to sell his three-bedroom flat in Clapham, London, Peter Wall has decided to go the “off-market” route.
On a cool, grey Saturday, on London’s Marylebone High Street, Daunt Books is bustling
The billionaire co-founder of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture that created the chatbot Grok has bought a £57 million penthouse overlooking Hyde Park, in the priciest deal seen in Britain since 2024.