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The so-called ‘Boris bounce’ in the housing market after the last General Election failed to materialise, an estate agency chain claims. Winkworth,...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years. The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...
16 March 2024
From: Agent Advice
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
30 January 2024
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The average home in England and Wales bought within the last 20 years and sold in 2023 achieved £102,650 or 48...
22 January 2024
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Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipates stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
11 October 2023
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Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled. That’s the view of high...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent buying agent operating at the high end of the prime London market has given an interesting insight into how...
04 August 2023
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A property management company is forecasting that Prime Central London’s short-lets summer is set to be record breaking. Glenfield Property Management says...
26 June 2023
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Overseas buyers - likely in many cases to be investors - have taken a bigger stake in the wealthy enclave of...
08 March 2023
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The flat is back in demand in Britain’s most expensive rental enclave, a lettings agency says. Demand for apartments in prime central...
15 February 2023
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Prime Central London’s ultra-prime housing market for multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers has risen by 30 per cent according to a prominent...
04 January 2023
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Prime Central London will bounce back in 2023 according to national consultancy Carter Jonas - and it’s thanks to the poorly...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Rental value growth remains firmly in double-digits in prime London postcodes as demand continues to outstrip supply, according to Knight Frank. The...
22 November 2022
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The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s mixed news for investors with properties in prime areas of London - although overall it appears demand to purchase property...
05 October 2022
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An upbeat report on the booming private rental market in Prime Central London has been released by investment consultancy London Central...
12 August 2022
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Capital values in Prime Central London have increased according to the latest market snapshot from investment service London Central Portfolio. House have...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...
05 July 2022
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Liverpool is a key investment hot spot for buy to let landlords according to a new report. It shows that, for example,...
28 June 2022
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A prominent agency has revised its market forecast for the rest of 2022 and says prices will rise more and for...
27 June 2022
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The strong fundamentals of a rental market with a chronic undersupply are attracting a growing amount of institutional capital says Knight...
10 May 2022
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Prime central London may not seem to most obvious part of the UK for buy to let investors but a leading...
14 April 2022
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There’s been a remarkable 15 per cent leap in average rents achieved in prime central London over the past year, according...
12 April 2022
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Knight Frank says landlords are in the driving seat in the prime rental market across London and the Home Counties. Low supply...
08 April 2022
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One of the most respected buying agents in London says buy to let in the capital is losing its appeal for...
27 January 2022
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Knight Frank has given an end of year assessment of the prime London lettings and says rents in the enclave are...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
After two years in the doldrums and high levels of over supply, prime central London is at last a landlord’s rental...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Many agencies give their forecasts for the following year or years in the late autumn, but one of the most detailed...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Letting agency Knight Frank has identified an opportunity for landlords to cash in on a supply shortage - but only if...
14 October 2021
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High end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the outlook for Prime Central London is improving slightly with more activity reported...
17 August 2021
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Estate agency Savills has upgraded its forecasts for the UK’s prime housing markets - good news for investors in this niche. The...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the most respected and experienced agents in Prime Central London has given an insight into the lettings market in...
18 March 2021
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The roll-out of a vaccine for Coronavirus could dramatically change the poor rental market performance in prime London in the coming...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the vast majority of respondents expect rents in...
10 December 2020
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An analysis by a lettings management service has identified those parts of London with the strongest yields and capital growth in...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s more bad news for landlords and investors looking at prime London properties according to a market snapshot from Knight Frank. It...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Some London landlords are testing the water to see if they can downsize or sell their entire portfolios. Chestertons, a London-focussed high end...
14 October 2020
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Prime Central London rents fell by an average 2.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 according to Savills. In prime...
07 October 2020
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Viewing figures in the letting market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10-year high at the end of August,...
01 September 2020
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Rental market activity in prime London markets has been lower than normal this summer due to uncertainty around the start of...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a noticeable increase in the supply of letting properties, placing downward pressure on rental values, according to Knight...
08 July 2020
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Knight Frank forecast that residential property sales will fall by 38% this year, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Based on the assumption that...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Rents in prime London and its commuter belt are expected edge higher this year due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
An increase in demand, coupled with the growing rental stock shortage, is placing upward pressure on rental values in prime London. The...
04 February 2020
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There has been a significant increase in demand for London’s most expensive homes from wealthy buyers, including property investors, following last...
13 January 2020
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Rental price growth in prime London looks set to pick up to hit an annual rate of about 2% over the...
24 December 2019
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Rental prices in London are set to increase by an average of 15% over the next five years compared to 10%...
19 December 2019
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Demand for rental accommodation in prime London has jumped by almost a third over the past 12 months, according to the...
04 November 2019
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There has been a dramatic rise in demand for rental accommodation in prime London, underpinned by uncertainty in the sales market,...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in demand for rental accommodation in prime London, according to the latest report from Knight...
05 September 2019
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With the slump in house price growth in London slowing, a growing number of property investors believe that now is a...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental values in London’s super prime rental market dropped by 0.5% in the year to July on the back of a...
25 July 2019
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There was an 11% rise in the number of tenancies agreed in prime central London and prime outer London in the...
04 June 2019
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The rental market in prime central London has proved resilient this year despite the impact of political uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations,...
15 May 2019
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Activity in London’s the super prime rental market has hit a five-year high as more people opt to rent rather than...
09 May 2019
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Rents increased by 2.6% in prime London and prime central London during the first quarter of year compared to Q1 2018,...
08 May 2019
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The soaring cost of renting property in prime central London has once again come under the spotlight following WikiLeaks founder Julian...
16 April 2019
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Overseas investors snapped up more than half of all properties for sale in prime London in the second half of 2018...
18 February 2019
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Rental values in prime London increased by 1.9% in the fourth quarter of 2018 on the back of greater demand from...
12 February 2019
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There has been increased demand for buy-to-let property in prime central London in recent months and this trend looks set to continue...
11 January 2019
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The average rental yield achieved in prime central London in December was 3.35% - the highest level seen since April 2012...
31 December 2018
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Rents in London are expected to increase further in 2019 due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in the capital’s rental market,...
06 December 2018
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Renters in central London now face having to bid against each other, pushing rents up in the process, as a result...
07 November 2018
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Rents in London’s prime property market have increased further, rising by 1.1% in the 12 months to September, as more people...
02 November 2018
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Growth in demand for super-prime properties in prime central London has slowed significantly, fresh data shows. According to Knight Frank, the number...
18 October 2018
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Rents in London’s prime property market rose again in August as market conditions in the capital improved to levels not seen...
04 October 2018
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Rental yields in prime central London are typically among the lowest in the UK, but that does not mean that there...
10 September 2018
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Throughout September, Draker in partnership with Vue Cinemas will be offering two free cinema tickets to all the letting agency’s landlords. There...
10 September 2018
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Take up of new rental tenancies in prime central London in the second quarter of this year was up 27.7% compared...
07 August 2018
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While the UK weather continues to defy all expectation, with scorching temperatures raging across the country, the rental market in London...
24 July 2018
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Imagine if you could make the properties that you are currently trying to let look larger, brighter, cleaner, warmer, more homely,...
19 July 2018
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Rents in London’s prime property market have moved into positive territory for the first time since January 2016, increasing by 0.8%...
04 July 2018
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A drop in the number of properties coming onto the private rented market in prime central London (PCL) has begun to...
25 May 2018
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Rents in prime central London increased by 0.2% between February and March, the first monthly rise since September 2015, according to...
04 April 2018
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Average rents in the prime central London (PCL) residential lettings market fell 2.1% in the year to February 2018, the same...
05 March 2018
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Rental values in prime London increased by 2.5% in the final quarter of 2017, up 1.2% on the corresponding period in...
09 February 2018
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Average rents in prime central London recorded a fall of 3.1% over the course of 2017, but the rate of decline...
31 January 2018
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London continued to be the worst performing region in Britain when it comes to house prices, with values falling by 0.8%...
17 January 2018
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Uncertainties over Brexit will continue to hit property investor sentiment in prime central London (PCL), according to a leading letting agent. While...
03 January 2018
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There are growing signs of recovery in the prime central London buy-to-let market as rental values dipped by just 0.1% in...
11 October 2017
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Activity levels in prime central London’s buy-to-let sector remains relatively sluggish, despite a pick up in the wider housing market in...
01 September 2017
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There has been a notable decline in the proportion of overseas based landlords in the UK as a growing number of...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News
The rental market in prime central London is showing signs of improvement, as reflected by the latest data from Knight Frank...
20 June 2017
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Investec Private Banking is hoping to attract more high-net-worth individuals actively looking to invest in the buy-to-let market with the launch...
04 May 2017
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Rental prices continued to fall across prime central London during the fourth quarter of last year, but values are expected to...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Prime rents in the Home Counties dropped by an average of 0.8% last year, as a higher number of homes available...
17 January 2017
From: Breaking News
The key to a successful long-term buy-to-let investment is securing solid rental yields for income returns and the potential for capital...
16 January 2017
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Asset manager, LCP, is set to launch a new Sharia-compliant fund with a view to investing in the mainstream private rented...
18 November 2016
From: Breaking News
With significantly more properties to choose from, tenants are firmly in control when it comes to the private rented market in...
15 November 2016
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London’s super-prime landlords appear to be benefitting from higher stamp duty costs and Brexit uncertainty, as reflected by a rise in...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords in London have not resorted to panic-selling as a consequence of the Brexit vote and are sensibly opting not...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Rental values in prime central London fell in the second quarter of the year as stock levels increased while demand from...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Rental yields in London are now among the lowest in the country, but take a closer look at the market and...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Rental values have increased across prime central London over the past three months fuelled by greater demand from people looking to...
04 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Annual rental value growth in prime central London continued to fall in June, down 3%, despite a rise in the level...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News
London Central Apartments III (LCA III), the latest property investment fund to invest in prime central London’s private rented sector (PRS)...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News
Demand for rental properties in prime central London has increased in recent months as would-be buyers become cautious prior to the EU...