London prime property sales resilient despite economic headwinds Property London’s prime property market has remained stable year on year despite significant headwinds, according to a major real estate firm. There were 93 sales above £5m in the first three months of the year, on par with the 92 in 2024, Savills found. Overall values also held up, with total values for houses between £10m [...]
Zoopla: Rightmove rival handed £500m price tag Property Online property portal Zoopla has been put up for sale with an asking price of around £500m, it is understood. The company, which was launched in 2008, has put on the market by Silver Lake Partners which has owned the group it forms a part of following a £1.6bn deal in 2018. That group also includes [...]
London prime property prices dip as Budget raid deters wealthy buyers Property Prices for London prime properties remain far below their 2014 peak, with double-digit discounts on asking prices to be found in some areas of the capital. The average reduction in the original asking price for houses over £1m in Greater London was £200,100, according to Investec, but some areas saw a 11.3 per cent discount. [...]
Inside the eight-bedroom mansion in London’s Belgravia sold for £38m January 7, 2025 London’s super-prime residential market is off to a strong start after a turbulent 2024, with a £38m eight-bedroom mansion, Belgravia, the first residential property to be sold in the new year. Complete with a private health spa, swimming pool, and rear and front gardens, the 840sqm property has been sold to a UK buyer – [...]
Caution persists in London’s prime property market after Budget hit December 27, 2024 A tense political and economic environment has left buyers of prime property cautious in the last few months of the year, with prices dipping in central London. House prices in Knightsbridge and Belgravia fell by two per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively, while prices fell 0.8 per cent across the capital as a whole, [...]
Wealthy Americans look to London prime property after Trump’s victory November 27, 2024 Real estate agents in London’s prime property market have marked a spike in interest from wealthy Americans looking to relocate to the UK – particularly families – after Donald Trump’s successful Presidential election campaign. Estate agents Cluttons has experienced a “noticeable uptick in demand” post-election, according to its head of London residential, Laura Dam Villena. [...]
London house prices gloom revealed but owners set for £84,000 boost November 6, 2024 The average home in Britain will be £84,000 more valuable in five years’ time, according to a new forecast, but London house prices will grow slower than anywhere else in the UK. Real estate giant Savills has said it expects the typical property value to reach £442,000 by the end of the period to 2029, [...]
Demand for luxury city houses falls on pre-budget caution September 30, 2024 Fears over potential changes to tax policy in Labour’s upcoming budget have continued to dampen the positive effects of lower interest rates on demand for prime property in London, according to new data. Buyers are nervously awaiting potential tax changes in the Government’s first budget, which has been described as assigning a “heavier burden” to [...]
Prime property in London ticks down amid Starmer ‘plans to penalise wealth’ September 25, 2024 Demand for prime property ticked down in the third quarter of the year as buyers returned to ‘wait-and-see’ mode ahead of the Autumn budget. The prime property market has been up and down this year; buyers held back ahead of the July election but returned to the market over summer. Now they nervously await potential [...]
Zoopla: Property portal returns to the black after cutting almost 100 jobs September 20, 2024 Online property portal Zoopla returned to profit during its latest financial year as its sales passed the £90m mark. Newly-filed accounts with Companies House have revealed that the business swung to a pre-tax profit of £18.7m in 2023, having reported a pre-tax loss of £6.2m in the prior 12 months. The results also show that [...]