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Black Brick closes in on £0.5bn milestone

January 21, 2014

Local agents say the value of property in much of the area has risen up to 20 per cent over the past year by Graham Norwood

Clapham, the leafy London district with ‘staying power’

Local agents say the value of property in much of the area has risen up to 20 per cent over the past year by Graham Norwood

Prophet & Loss: The difficult business of property market forecasting

December 17, 2013

Why did so many commentators and analysts get it wrong this year? Perhaps we still don’t fully understand the strength of the forces behind the price growth we’ve been witnessing, says Camilla Dell

Predictions

Thoughts of the coming year in the central London property market inspire a curious cocktail of optimism and fear for agents. The market is “on fire” by Zoe Dare Hall

St James’s

December 15, 2013

The residential lustre of London’s grandest quarter is once again gleaming, says Lisa Freedman, sparked by a £500m investment from the Crown Estate and myriad redevelopments that are stealing Mayfair’s limelight

Prices Start at $80 Million

November 18, 2013

London Now Has More Homes on the Real-Estate Market Listed for £50 Million or More, Topping All Previous Price Records, Ruth Bloomfield reports

The curse of gazumping is back with a vengeance

The issue of greedy house sellers asking buyers for more cash has spread outside the capital. Julian Knight reports

Gazumping is back with a vengeance

November 8, 2013

Fierce competition for property has brought back a much-loathed spectre of boomtime, and not just in London by Ed Cumming

Black Brick awarded “Property Advisor of the Year” at Spear’s Wealth Management Awards

October 31, 2013

We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded “Property Adviser of the Year” at the prestigious Spear’s Wealth Management Awards, held at The Savoy in London on Tuesday 29th October and presented by CNBC’s Ross Westgate.

Why are we waiting?

October 20, 2013

In some areas, buyers are breaking down the door; in others sellers struggle to drum up any interest. We reveal the length of the queues by Alexandra Goss

Model makeovers

October 12, 2013

Fashion shoots, hired Bentleys, new kitchens… There are no half measures when it’s time to sell, says Zoe Dare Hall

Top Tips for house sale success

October 11, 2013

Get the pricing right, have your paperwork in order and proceed with caution if you want to sell in this unusual market by Jayne Dowle

How to avoid a hammer horror

Homebuyers fed up with gazumping in an increasingly competitive market may find buying property at auction an attractive alternative. Auction deals are concluded much more quickly, with contracts exchanged immediately; buyers also have peace of mind, knowing that they cannot be outbid after the auction. by Abhijeet Ahluwalia

London property investment: redrawing the Monopoly map

September 28, 2013

Forget Mayfair, Park Lane and Piccadilly. A new wave of investors is redrawing London’s real-life Monopoly map. Christopher Middleton learns how to load the dice in your favour.

Bayswater’s £500 million makeover

September 26, 2013

A mystery Brunei billionaire is investing £500 million into transforming Queensway. The once grand Bayswater throughfare is set to become the Covent Garden of west London, with new apartments, refurbished luxury homes and a retail boulevard. By David Spittles