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.”

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Located just on the edge of prime central London, Bloomsbury is seems to be undergoing a glow-up this year, thanks to local campaigns and new investment.

Speaking on the region’s property market, Black Brick’s Managing Partner, Camilla Dell has been interviewed for a new feature in The Financial Times.

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Earlier this year, a client of buying agent Camilla Dell offered £3mn less than the c£20mn asking price for a home in a premium central London property completed in 2020.

As the months wore on, the seller returned to Dell twice with revised prices above what she had offered. Each time, Dell’s client refused. Finally, a few days after the October Budget, the seller accepted the original bid.

In a new piece for The Financial Times, Camilla reflects on how current affairs are affecting the London property market and leading to more and more situations like this.

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London’s not getting much hype right now with its usual array of cultural events and activities put on hold until the pandemic is over.

“It’s clear that the buzz and many of the things that make London great are just not there right now”, Black Brick’s Founder, Camilla Dell commented in her feature for The Financial Times this week.

Reflecting on the pandemic’s impact on London’s prime property market, Camilla shared how, in recent weeks, the popularity of London’s greener suburb regions like Richmond and Hampstead had surpassed that of the ‘golden’ postcodes in Belgravia, Knightsbridge and Kensington.

“When we do viewings there, it’s clear that the buzz and many of the things that make the city great are just not there right now,” says Dell. “But it’s too early to say whether the shine has gone off London as an investment.”

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Featuring in a new article this week for The Financial Times, Black Brick boss Camilla Dell shares how London buyers are ‘deserting’ luxury high-rises for their own four walls.

“In the pandemic some weren’t even able to use those gyms and facilities but were still paying these charges,” she said. “In the world [post-Covid] the idea of sharing facilities really doesn’t appeal now.” 

Read more in the full article here.