London Best Property Guide

The gradual improvement in the jobs market in London throughout 2009, along with the stabilisation of the level of rental stock in the market, led to rental growth in the second half of 2009. As in the sales market, the evidence of increased rents was restricted to the 3rd Quarter, when demand receives an annual [...]

New property normally attracts higher rental returns than second hand, and by purchasing new, you will be purchasing from a vendor that will not decide they don’t wish to sell part way through the transaction. Developers have to sell! You are also buying a new property with a structural warranty which negates the need for [...]

As you may be aware, work is underway at Farringdon Station as part of Network Rail’s £5.5 billion Thameslink Programme and in the next few weeks significant work will begin for the new Thameslink and Crossrail Integrated Ticket Hall.

The Thameslink Programme, once completed, will significantly improve the railway and a number of stations between [...]

The investment market London continued to experience a minimum level of activity in the first half of 2009. Although borrowing costs fell as the Bank of England reduced the Official Bank Rate from 2% to 0.5% by March 2009, banks remained unwilling to lend in the sector to all categories of investor including buy-to-let, investment [...]

The four months from March to June 2009 witnessed an unexpected increase in confidence and optimism amongst buyers and a renewed willingness to sell amongst vendors. In the second half of 2008, we reported that the sales market in Midtown, City and Docklands was characterised by falling prices and a historically low level of transactions. [...]