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London first-time buyers: where to find cheaper, bigger new build homes

High house prices, outer London locations and the wrong type of home is turning off first time buyers

Evening Standard

London-listed retailers look beyond High Street headaches and plan more store openings in 2024

Latest research from Savills shows greater appetite for High Street sites

Evening Standard

Rare 'Secret Garden' style Twickenham plot hidden behind a brick wall for sale for £2 million

A Victorian cottage on the site once served Orleans House, a long-demolished Palladian mansion next to the River Thames

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London's £1 million property: number of homes commanding seven-figure price tags shrinks as house prices fall

There were 12,280 houses — and their owners — ejected from the £1 million home crew in 2023

Evening Standard

London house price plunge: how much did property values fall in your borough?

House prices in London dropped 6% overall but there have been wild fluctuations between boroughs

Evening Standard

£2 million converted pub in Stoke Newington with the bar still in the living room

The property dates from the 1850s and was formerly the Earl of Warwick pub

Evening Standard

Consumer credit borrowing increases at fastest annual rate in five years

The annual growth rate for consumer credit was 8.6% in November, the highest rate since September 2018, according to the Bank of England.

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Britain’s housing market may be ‘past peak pain’ but what will 2024 bring?

Second year of falling prices expected though recovery is likely in the second half as interest rates come down

The Guardian - UK

Living in London: essential advice for first-time buyers, renters and homeowners in 2024

Will house prices go up or down? What next for mortgage rates? Where are the best value neighbourhoods now? Your home-buying questions answered

Evening Standard

London leaver heaven: three commuter hotspots for 2024

Some places outside the capital are set to become faster to reach than many journeys within London with journey times as low as 49 minutes

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Squeeze on home buyers’ budgets set to continue into 2024, say experts

But potential cuts to interest rates, as well as lower house prices in some locations, could provide house hunters with new opportunities.

The Independent UK

In demand: How Oxford Street started to get its groove back in 2023

Long known as one of Europe's busiest retail destinations, Oxford Street has traditionally been a magnet for fashion fans, tourists and office workers. But in recent years, the street that stretches for more than a mile in length has faced a wave of challenges, from the pandemic seriously denting footfall,…

Evening Standard

Prime London property: house prices in most expensive areas close to bottoming out

House prices in London’s most expensive areas could be close to rock bottom and set to rise again after a turbulent year.

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Abandoned 1950s water tower in Cambridgeshire goes up for auction for £350k

Perry Water Tower has already gone under the hammer once this year

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London house prices more than double in 20 years since release of Love Actually

Estate agent Savills has carried out analysis to see how average house prices have changed in areas of London where the Christmas classic was set.

Evening Standard

Inside London's best church conversions for sale, where stained glass comes as standard

Blessed with high ceilings, stained glass windows and sweeping columns, London’s old chapels make unorthodox homes

The Independent UK

What does the latest Bank of England base rate decision mean for households?

With the base rate holding steady, here is a look at what it means for savers and borrowers.

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London's most expensive house sales of 2023: from Tim Burton's glass house to Rihanna's former rental

Interest rates and energy bills weren’t a worry for the ultra-wealthy buyers who snapped up some of London’s most lavish homes this year

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Set of artists’ studios in Fulham on sale for the first time in over 60 years for £1.5million

St Oswald's Studios were created in 1912 and haven't been on the market since the Fifties

The Guardian - UK

Average rent in Great Britain up by more than a quarter since start of Covid

Rise due to shortage of properties has been worsened by soaring interest rates, Savills finds

Evening Standard

London rent rises: rents are up 31% in two years, how much higher can they go?

Rents will keep on rising, predicts Savills, but London has already hit its ‘affordability ceiling’

Evening Standard

Waterside property featured in Midsomer Murders and 101 Dalmatians on sale for £3.5 million

The wood panelling in the Baronial hall was re-used from the House of Lords, which was being refurbished at the time

Evening Standard

Victorian boathouse in Teddington for sale for the first time in 24 years

Aldous Boathouse, on the banks of the Thames in Teddington, was built in 1874 and restored in 1999

Evening Standard

These homes for sale overlook some of London's best-loved landmarks – and start at £438k

Be a tourist from home with a property overlooking some of London's best sites, from historic heavyweights to cherished theatres and music venues

Evening Standard

As Selfridges updates on ownership, new forecast shows retailer appetite for Oxford Street looks solid

Momentum on Oxford Street has been given a boost with a forecast anticipating that empty store numbers will fall over the next year, and a new majority ownership update for long-term occupier Selfridges.

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