October 2, 2009
Britain’s curb on banking bonuses may stunt the recovery in London’s luxury-housing market by wiping out the windfalls that let buyers afford big mortgages, according to property brokers Knight Frank LLP and Savills Plc.
September 25, 2009
Luxury-home prices in central London rose 4 percent in the third quarter from the previous three months as buyers competed for fewer properties, Savills Plc said.
September 16, 2009
Residential property prices in the UK have bottomed out with all the signs pointing to a stabilisation, according to the latest review but a two tier market is emerging.
September 9, 2009
WHICH London neighbourhood contains the most fashionable street in the whole of Europe, according to Vogue? No, not swanky Knightsbridge, well-heeled Chelsea or even super-hip Dalston.
August 5, 2009
Adding extensions is a popular choice for those who need more space but don’t want to sell their house. It will make your home more spacious, more easily sellable and possibly even more beautiful. An extension is one of the most valuable improvements you can make to your property, so long as you do it properly, accurately — and legally.
July 9, 2009
There have been mutterings this week that the house prices have already hit the bottom Nick Candy clearly things they have; estate agents in central London believe prices could have reached their lowest point as early as November last year. So does this mean we have all missed our chance to cash in on the downturn?
June 24, 2009
Improve, not move is the mantra of our recessionary times, especially for those with a Sarah Beeny-esque penchant for making bags of money from bricks and mortar. We are constantly assailed with advice about what to do to boost the value of our home, but what changes push prices down and make a property less attractive to a future would-be buyer?
June 3, 2009
The first six months of 2009 has brought mixed result for global property markets but with tentative signs of growing confidence there is talk of signs of recovery.
May 15, 2009
Overseas property buyers have rarely had it so good in Britain. Many are trawling London for bargains where developers have brought some very special homes on to the market.
May 1, 2009
Millions of us are glued each week to The Apprentice to see who will incur the wrath of Sir Alan. For Camilla Dell, who runs London's largest independent property-finding agency, Black Brick Property Solutions, watching the show is a reminder of why she started her own business.
April 5, 2009
Falling valuations and desperate owners all point to property bargains. But, Graham Norwood reports, canny buyers can cut the price further.
April 1, 2009
Phil Spencer's home-finding firm has gone bust, developers have downed tools worldwide and The Apprentice hopefuls include an estate agent seeking a career change. It doesn't sound an ideal time to try to make a profit from property, does it? Yet we may look back on spring 2009 as the moment when we should have acted.
March 20, 2009
Buyers with cash in hand are in the best position to take advantage of the current climate. ‘Vendors are more likely to accept a lower offer on their property from a cash buyer than a higher one that’s subject to obtaining a mortgage,’ says Camilla Dell of London buying agency Black Brick Property Solutions. ‘Cash buyers are king.’
February 20, 2009
THE news this week that Garrington – the property search firm owned by Phil Spencer of television’s Location, Location, Location fame – has gone into administration, might lead some to believe that the age of the buying agent is at an end. But that couldn’t be further from the truth.
February 18, 2009
London home sellers are accepting offers of up to 30 per cent below their asking prices, and Hong Kong buyers are among those taking advantage of the deep discounts and the added attraction of a collapse in the value of the British pound.
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