Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Timber! Chinese and Russian rentiers run for the hills
London’s turning, London’s turning: sales collapse by a quarter
The London market looks to be unravelling dramatically – and not just in its prime central postcodes – as it appears that buyers are staying away while sellers belatedly attempt to cash in. Sales across the whole of London are sharply down, while supply is up – by 32% according, yesterday, to the property website Home. It described the surge in new instructions as “startlingâ€Â. It is in central London that agents are reporting the steepest falls in sales as buyers stay away. Richard Barber, partner at Knightsbridge-based W.A. Ellis, said that according to Lonres which tracks all property deals across central London, in June, transactions of houses were down 45% compared with June last year, and all transactions (ie, of flats as well as houses) down by 25%.
Posted by khards @ 09:49 AM (2305 views)
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mombers says:
Interesting that they call out ATED as a reason for the fall. You can reduce your ATED bill to zero by simply disclosing who you are by changing the record at the Land Registry to a natural person. Surprise surprise, thousands of people have opted to pay up to £140k/year to remain anonymous. What could they possibly be hiding?
libertas says:
Is this a good sample or just from one agency?
britishblue says:
The market is still going mad in my area. as I own a removal company and I do get a good daily insight into the minds and souls of both sellers and buyers. The london property market is like a wave that comes outwards. On the outskirts it is still going crazy and people are cashing in and moving out. Half way into London there are appearing to be a few niggles with chains, where an exchange gets put back and agents are telling people to sell at the peak of the market. I do not work in Central London. My view is that it is all based on sentiment. A lot of the other points why the market is high are side issues and have nothing to do with prices being achieved at 40 to 50% more than they were 18 months ago. If however, the central London market does fall, it could effect sentiment along the wave. I think there are few people left that think prices are fair value. So if sentiment does start to wobble it will be interesting if more property comes on the market