2019 saw many buyers waiting for clarity. Waiting for the Brexit landscape to be clearer, waiting for the pound to move decisively and waiting for a steer on who would be governing the UK. They don’t need to wait much longer. Historically, fortune hasn’t favoured those waiting on the sidelines, it prefers the bold. Now […]
London Market Update 363 days ago, I wrote my predictions for 2017, (you can read them here). Looking back, my crystal ball was working well. The year can be summed up very simply. The first half saw transaction numbers remain very low with political uncertainty being sighted as the main reason for the lack of […]
It’s been a busy few weeks in London. There are certainly more buyers than a year ago and good properties are selling quickly when priced correctly. I have viewed up to 60 properties a week in recent months and I have noticed some definite trends during this period. There are more super rich choosing to […]
London Market Update All leading indicators of demand have been increasingly positive over the last few weeks, with most agents reporting the number of properties going under offer rising by around 20% compared to the same period last year. Many agents are ‘calling the bottom’ of the market – but they would say that wouldn’t they? My experience is that properties are sitting […]
British people don’t like talking about money British readers should look away now. We’ve spoken enough about Brexit and Trump and the world has kept turning. More importantly, let’s look at where the serious money is going to be made in the next decade and where it is likely to end up being spent. To be […]
The collapse that didn’t happen The mainstream media got it so wrong, didn’t they? In 2016, they would have had you believe that Donald Trump becoming the next US president and the UK voting to leave the EU would likely have a devastating effect on world markets and business sentiment. They threw lots of predictions around, a 4500 FTSE […]
A quick word on Trump Donald Trump may have won but he gave an acceptance speech that sounded pretty similar to the one that Hillary would have had prepared. What is true and always will be, is that politicians will say anything to get into power and anything to keep hold of it. Let us assume […]
The reason we enjoy property search so much is largely down to the interesting clients we get the opportunity to work with. We wanted to share some of the lovely comments we have received from them recently. I am from the US and knew I wanted to be represented when buying a flat in […]
Sterling is weak, the sun is strong and as predicted last month, we are busy securing a variety of properties for those taking advantage of sterling’s weakness. I should add that if you are looking to buy and own your property for many years, trying to read the market on a monthly, weekly or daily […]
The UK has voted to leave the EU. We knew it could happen and said as much last month. What does Brexit really mean for property in London? If you read last month’s newsletter, you will know that we had accessed some polls which showed Brexit was very possible. We said ‘the bookies have our […]
