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UK property prices

  • Is it high time to buy in super-prime London?

    Wealth

    London’s super-prime market has been suffering from a glut of supply in the wake of damaging decision-making from successive governments. Ali Lyon asks, is the tide beginning to turn? To take a walk down Mayfair’s historic Upper Grosvenor Street is to be confronted by a quiet, but dramatic, changing-of-the-guard afoot in one of London’s most [...]

  • 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 house prices fall fuels sales surge

    Property

    Sales of prime central London housing jumped up during the first three months of 2025 as prices fell amid the ongoing global uncertainty. Residential sales activity in the first quarter rose 12 per cent compared to 2024, according to new research from global property advisor JLL. “There are clear signs of renewed confidence across prime [...]

  • ‘Prohibitive building costs’ stunting UK growth projects – Deloitte

    February 4, 2025

    “Prohibitive costs” involved in construction projects in major UK cities led to a sharp decline in the number of new developments breaking ground in 2024, according to a new report from Deloitte. Deloitte’s latest Regional Crane Surveys, which covers the central areas of Belfast, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, has revealed the number of new starts [...]

  • Persimmon: FTSE 100 builder reaps benefit of higher house prices

    January 14, 2025

    In a trading statement covering 2024, the firm delivered a total of 10,664 homes, up seven per cent on the previous year and slightly ahead of market expectations.

  • London house prices rise by just £600 as worst borough revealed

    January 14, 2025

    The London borough where more houses fell in value than almost any other area in the UK in 2024 has been revealed. According to new data released by Zoopla, the value of 72 per cent of houses in Kensington and Chelsea fell by at least one per cent last year. A total of 73,200 homes [...]

  • House prices rise at fastest rate in two years – Nationwide

    December 2, 2024

    New figures from Nationwide show that house prices rose by 3.7 per cent year-on-year last month, up from 2.4 per cent the month before.

  • Alan Sugar’s property empire returns to profit after huge loss

    November 25, 2024

    The Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar’s property empire returned to the black during its latest financial year after recovering from a huge loss, it has been revealed. Amshold, the company which Lord Sugar holds his property investments, achieved a pre-tax profit of £932,000 for the 12 months to 30 June, 2024. The latest figure, revealed in [...]

  • First-time buyers could see huge tax hit under rumored Budget change

    October 28, 2024

    First-time buyers could see huge tax hit under changes rumored to be included in the Autumn budget. It has been rumoured that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will rule out any changes to stamp duty land tax in the Budget. Stamp duty land tax currently applies to homes costing over £250,000, but in March [...]

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