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17 June 2022
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A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...
18 May 2022
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Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank...
11 May 2022
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Rents in prime areas of London are nine per cent higher today than before the pandemic according to Knight Frank. The high...
09 May 2022
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The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...
05 May 2022
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Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes. Despite the falls...
15 February 2022
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Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...
11 February 2022
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A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...
13 January 2022
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Rents in London are now rising as steeply as they were falling at the start of the year according to Knight...
21 December 2021
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A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...
12 November 2021
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Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank. While only a...
05 November 2021
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A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...
20 October 2021
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A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...
06 September 2021
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The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...
09 August 2021
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Demand continues to build in prime lettings markets in London and the Home Counties, with Knight Frank data showing the number...
05 July 2021
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The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before. Knight Frank says...
07 June 2021
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High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...
10 May 2021
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Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...
14 April 2021
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Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...
30 March 2021
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Knight Frank says the plummeting rents in prime central London have at least managed to attract a surge in the number...
05 March 2021
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A 24-year-old Chinese heiress has rented a property for what is said to be a record £1.55m a year. The heiress, who...
24 February 2021
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A senior buying agent is warning that new regulations over the length of notice given to tenants is having an unexpected...
05 February 2021
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Average rents in prime central London fell 13 per cent in the year to January as over-supply still dominated the market, according...
04 February 2021
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Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...
23 December 2020
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Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...
03 December 2020
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London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...
22 October 2020
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Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...
09 October 2020
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Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...
14 September 2020
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Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
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Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...
07 August 2020
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Strutt and Parker says the low level growth in the lettings market seen in prime central London in 2019 is being...
06 August 2020
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Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...
08 July 2020
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New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...
16 April 2020
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Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...
06 April 2020
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Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...
02 March 2020
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One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...
14 February 2020
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Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...
04 February 2020
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The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
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Knight Frank forecasts cumulative rental growth of 11 per cent in prime outer London and 10 per cent in prime central...
30 December 2019
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The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...
12 December 2019
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The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...
02 December 2019
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Knight Frank says the supply of new lettings properties in prime central London is likely to slow - and as a...
07 November 2019
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A new report from Knight Frank shows how the country’s most expensive lettings market - prime central London - has boomed. The...
31 October 2019
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Rents across prime central London have been roughly flat over the past year - although yields are up as a result...
06 September 2019
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Knight Frank says the number of new prospective tenants registering for prime central London properties in the second quarter of this...
31 July 2019
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The supply of lettings property has begun to increase in higher price brackets in prime central London, leading rents to fall...
25 July 2019
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A relatively new firm in the crowded central London buying agency market is expanding into property management. Aykroyd & Co was launched...
24 July 2019
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There’s been a dramatic 37 per cent rise in rental instructions for prime properties in the capital during the first quarter...
20 June 2019
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High end lettings agency Harrods Estates says it has seen a 10 per cent rise in tenancy renewals in the Knightsbridge...
09 April 2019
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Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...
01 April 2019
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High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...
07 February 2019
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Knight Frank has given an upbeat snapshot of the lettings market in Prime Central London, based mostly on higher rental growth...
31 January 2019
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Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close. Firstly...
31 December 2018
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The take up of new rental tenancies across prime central London decreased by no less than 12.7 per cent in the...
16 November 2018
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The number of lettings listings in prime central London fell 18 per cent in the year to September, says Knight Frank. The...
13 November 2018
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The LonRes data consultancy says the lettings market in prime areas of the capital is now characterised by increasing rents and...
08 November 2018
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One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...
23 October 2018
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The growth in tenancies agreed in London’s super-prime sector has slowed sharply from 20 per cent earlier this year to just...
16 October 2018
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Knight Frank says the annual rental value growth has returned to prime central London due to declining supply levels - the...
04 October 2018
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A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...
03 October 2018
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The UK's second city Birmingham takes top spot when it comes to student property returns for buy-to-let investors. Analysis by online letting...
07 September 2018
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A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...
31 August 2018
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Data from Knight Frank’s lettings division suggests that rents in the troubled Prime Central London area have risen for the second...
01 August 2018
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The number of lettings transactions in Prime Central London in the second quarter of this year slumped 15 per cent compared...
25 July 2018
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Prime central London lettings agency Draker has teamed up with a luxury interiors retailer and interior designer to launch what it...
19 July 2018
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There’s been a huge 15 per cent slump in the number of properties to let in prime central London over the...
04 June 2018
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Strutt & Parker says the take up of new rental tenancies in prime central London in the first quarter of this...
10 May 2018
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Knight Frank says prime central London rents have fallen on a quarterly basis for the 28th consecutive month - a record. The...
07 March 2018
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Average rental values in prime central London fell 2.1 per cent in the year to February according to Knight Frank -...
05 March 2018
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High end agency Strutt & Parker is warning that older properties in prime central London are getting harder to let, with...
12 February 2018
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The lettings director of high-end London lettings agency Russell Simpson says he expects the capital’s rentals market to blossom next year...
29 December 2017
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The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...
12 December 2017
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Average rents in prime central London fell 2.4 per cent year-on-year in November, which was the most modest decline recorded in...
07 December 2017
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Knight Frank says average rents are to rise by 14 per cent between the start of next year and the end...
06 December 2017
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The search arm of Knight Frank, The Buying Solution, has a new recruit to handle both rental and sales clients in...
05 December 2017
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The story of falling sale prices in prime central London has become familiar in the past year; now Knight Frank reports...
10 November 2017
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Humberts, the country agency which raised eyebrows earlier this year by announcing it was to open an office in prime central...
17 October 2017
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The rental market in parts of prime central London is becoming increasingly dominated by well-funded overseas students, according to a leading...
13 October 2017
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Average rental values fell three per cent in the year to September 2017 according to Knight Frank. This decline is the smallest...
11 October 2017
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Rokstone has launched a new lettings division, operating out of the firm’s existing Marylebone offices and covering both short and long term...
14 September 2017
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Prime Central London’s lettings market has improved gradually during the first two quarters of the year according to JLL. It says transaction...
24 August 2017
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The agent behind London’s newest letting opportunity says it’s the most luxurious property in the capital’s most presigious neighbourhood - and...
11 August 2017
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Prime central London is seeing the rise of the micro-apartment, according to new research, as squeezed accommodation budgets have seen singles...
01 August 2017
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Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...
17 July 2017
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Knight Frank is warning that changes to regulatory supervision of the European Central Bank could, if they went the wrong way,...
04 July 2017
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Rents in prime central London have dropped 4.4 per cent in the past year - although that annual drop is not...
04 July 2017
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Pastor Real Estate, a long-standing agency operating in Mayfair and Monaco, is expanding its London activities. The boutique agency, which covers lettings and sales as...
03 July 2017
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Rents in prime central London are down 4.8 per cent in the past year according to Knight Frank - a slightly...
20 June 2017
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The pace of decreasing rental values in Prime Central London (PCL) has slowed, according to the latest data from Knight Frank. Average...
16 June 2017
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JLL has made three new director-level appointments to its prime London lettings team. Andrew Keelan has joined as associate director and manages...
30 May 2017
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The fall in rents across prime central London’s lettings market are slowing according to Knight Frank. It claims rents have dropped 4.9...
06 April 2017
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Prime Purchase, the buying arm of estate agency Savills, says renting may be “a more financially sound route” for some wealthy...
05 April 2017
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The central London rental market is beginning to show signs of topping out as tenant demand slides and landlords look to...
20 January 2017
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Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says it is encouraging its London landlords to avoid rent rises and instead focus on retaining...
20 January 2017
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Prime rents in the Home Counties dipped 0.8 per cent last year, but with the speed of fall appearing to be...
18 January 2017
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Figures from investment company London Central Portfolio suggest that re-lets of older properties to new tenants showed a fall in rents...
13 January 2017
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The surge in properties to let which came on to the prime central London market after the April 1 stamp duty...
20 December 2016
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The dramatic slump in the prime central London sales market is now leading to a reduction in rents being achieved in...
07 December 2016
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There’s a new player in prime London’s burgeoning lettings sector - Quintessentially Estates. The new division is to be led by Quintessentially...
22 November 2016
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Property data company LonRes is the latest to report that the supply of property available to let in prime central London...
15 November 2016
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Rents have fallen in prime central London for every month for the past year and tenants now have the whip hand,...
14 November 2016
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There has been a 25 per cent rise in the number of prime central London tenancies according to Knight Frank -...
09 November 2016
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Rents have flat-lined across most of the capital according to Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings, which says it is advising its...
21 October 2016
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The landlord of an overcrowded flat which lacked proper fire precautions and had a dangerous boiler has been fined £162,000. Abbas Rasul...
17 October 2016
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New data produced by Knight Frank shows that the number of tenancies agreed in August this year was the highest on...
10 October 2016
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The investment firm London Central Portfolio says the volume of prime central London rental stock has increased dramatically in recent months...
30 September 2016
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There have been falls in rents in some price ranges in London thanks to an oversupply of stock, according to lettings...
23 August 2016
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New data from LonRes suggests achieved rental values rose 0.9 per cent in prime central London over the second quarter of...
11 August 2016
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Data from London agency Portico suggests rents dipped 1.7 per cent during the May to July period, covering six weeks leading up...
04 August 2016
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Prime central London’s letting sector appears to be thriving despite the uncertainty leading up to, and since, the shock referendum result. “Relocation...
21 July 2016
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The high-end agency Pastor Real Estate is marketing what it believes may be the capital’s smallest grade II listed duplex apartment - it...
22 June 2016
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Rent increases in Prime Central London have slowed due to uncertainty surrounding next month's EU Referendum, according to a new report. London...
24 May 2016
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VanHan, the prime London agency run by Rory Penn and Thomas van Straubenzee, has set up a lettings and management division...
18 May 2016
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26 April 2016
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The additional homes stamp duty surcharge is contributing to a slowdown in the central London development market according to JLL. The number...
07 April 2016
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One of the capital’s most high profile agents say prime central London’s rental market may be an indirect beneficiary of the...
07 April 2016
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A property company managing an HMO in prime central London has been £47,900. The fine is in relation to 24 charges under...
18 February 2016
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Prime Central London rents across the capital fell for the first time in two years during the final quarter of 2015...
17 February 2016
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Buying agency Black Brick says investment in prime London’s lettings sector remains buoyant despite the imminent three per cent stamp duty...
04 February 2016
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Investment advice company London Central Portfolio says the proposed three per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy to...
07 January 2016
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Falling demand from financial services sector employees has seen the annual rental value growth in prime central London ease back to...
04 January 2016
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There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...
26 November 2015
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Prime central London’s sales market has been in the doldrums for some time - now at least one high-end lettings agency...
11 November 2015
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A prominent buying agent active in prime central London says the capital’s high end buy to let market will become less...
06 November 2015
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The sales market in Prime Central London may be in the doldrums but the lettings sector is on the rise with...
05 November 2015
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The struggling London sales market is provoking a boom in the capital’s rental sector according to data from Benham & Reeves...
16 October 2015
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A London letting agency says a huge rise in the number of tenants with dogs, combined with a lack of supply...
13 October 2015
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A prime central London letting agency says there has been a rise in the number of subletting scams in that part...
02 October 2015
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The 107,000 overseas students using London’s burgeoning private rental market contribute some £600m annually to landlords, according to research by agency...
09 September 2015
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High-end estate agent Knight Frank is forecasting that rents will rise by between 12.1 per cent and 17.1 per cent by...
19 August 2015
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Average rental values across prime London are now 7.4 per cent higher than they were this time last year. LonRes says that...
04 August 2015
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The central London sales market dip of recent weeks has directly led to a surge in the lettings sector according to...
14 July 2015
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There has been a 94 per cent increase in prime central London tenancies year-on-year claims Lucy Morton of W A Ellis,...
06 July 2015
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Rents in prime central London are rising again after a prolonged period of stagnation, according to property advisers London Central Portfolio. “The...
30 June 2015
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Forget those ideas that even posh students live in digs or shared houses - prime central London agency Napier Watt has...
11 June 2015
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Some 45 per cent of letting agents expect average rents in prime central London to rise over the course of 2015...