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The 5 London commuter areas seeing a new year surge in homes for sale
Of the areas with the biggest boost to housing supply this year, five of the top 10 were in the London commuter belt
The secret foodie and cultural scene in London’s most-connected hub
Bill Amberg Studio’s head of design, Ned Ingham, on his creative and authentic area where huge change is on the horizon.
Will inflation, politics and Covid impact your ability to buy in 2022?
A comprehensive view of all the forces impacting the London property market at the start of 2022
London asking prices in new year fall as homes take longer to sell
London asking prices are £629,400 on average, down 1.2 per cent in a month.
London housing market slows ahead of second pandemic-hit Christmas
High house prices, stretched affordability and the changing priorities of house hunters of space during the pandemic has suppressed the London housing market.
18th century farmhouse-cum-art gallery named House of the Year 2021
We take a look at the winning home and the other six projects to have made the shortlist.
Tonight’s Grand Designs set to reveal House of the Year 2021 winner
Tonight’s Grand Designs episode will see five projects whittled down to one, that then joins the six already on the shortlist, before the overall House of the Year 2021 is revealed.
Softer mortgage rules will not help London’s first-time buyers
The biggest barrier to homeownership in London remains the deposit.
‘Invisible’ clifftop home shortlisted for House of the Year 2021
Two more spectacular projects have been shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year on Grand Designs.
Commuter belt hit by price spike with first homes now 7.2x earnings
The cost of a first-time buyer home in London is now nine times earnings on average, down from a peak of 10.2 times in 2016.
9ft-wide London skinny house shortlisted for House of the Year
A skinny home and a children’s magical playhouse have made it onto the House of the Year shortlist.
Former home of Jackie O’s sister is for sale behind Buckingham Palace
The American socialite Lee Radziwill lived in the Georgian townhouse she once called a ‘divine house behind the palace.’
Asking prices set to rise 3% in 2022 as ‘late-bird buyers’ make moves
Early birds bought homes after the first lockdown while the cautious waited for greater certainty on their work-life balancy and frequency of commute.
London’s best new home named as former house of the ‘Hackney Mole Man’
William Lyttle spent nearly half a century digging dirt with a shovel and a homemade pulley, hollowing out tunnels and caverns underneath his home.
Sales of £5 million-plus London homes at highest number since 2014
International buyers have been making a return to the prime London property market.
Five-year house price forecast shows 25% bounce back across London
Here’s what the house price forecasters are saying now — and what it all really means.
Trading up a rental flat now cheaper in London than it was a year ago
The price gap between one-bedroom and two-bedroom homes has narrowed by £15 in London over the last year.
Sci-fi tower and hilltop farmhouse shortlisted for House of the Year
A water tower conversion inspired by the Thunderbirds and a part-gallery, part-farmhouse home are the first to be shortlisted for the top architecture prize.
Revealed: the London areas where house prices are rising — and falling
Asking prices dipped slightly ahead of a forecast Boxing Day boom
The number of Londoners moving house more than doubled in 2021
The race for space has caused property market activity to soar
Average London house price has risen £20,000 since the first lockdown
The average London house price has increased by nearly £20,000 since the first lockdown.