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Sales of London new build homes plummet: Why is nobody buying them?

An estimated £3.5 billion in new builds remain unsold on the property market

Evening Standard · Aug 6

Son of 'Donald of Dubai' purchases Regent's Park mega-mansion for £190million

The Holme has reportedly been bought by Abbas Sajwani, the son of Dubai-based property developer Hussain Sajwani

Evening Standard · Jun 25

Highgate mega-mansion Heathfield House sells for £14 million less than its original asking price

Heathfield House was first listed for £40 million in 2019, before being reduced to £32 million in 2023

Evening Standard · Mar 6

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Average home seller last year ‘gained £91,260 more than they paid’

Rising gains in the North have helped offset shrinking returns in the South, property firm Hamptons said.

Evening Standard · Jan 12

Where in the UK the average home seller gained the most last year

The proportion of loss-making sales in the North East fell to 13.9% in 2025

The Independent UK · Jan 11

London's most expensive streets of 2025, where homes cost more than 100 times the national average

This year, Grosvenor Place knocks Knightsbridge off the top spot, with the average home costing more than £28 million

Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2025

Sales of new build homes in London collapse to just 26 in June says Land Registry

Not a single new home sales has been recorded in the borough of Merton this year

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025

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Michelle Mone's Belgravia home sells for £5m under asking price to 20 year old racing driver

The six-bedroom Georgian townhouse has sold to racing car driver Freddie Tomlinson, Land Registry documents reveal

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2025

Sarah Ferguson loses £400,000 on sale of Belgravia townhouse despite claiming 'good time to sell'

The Duchess of York said she ‘wasn’t looking to sell’ the property in central London, which she originally bought as an investment for her daughters Beatrice and Eugenie

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

Duchess of York sells £4.2m London townhouse after receiving an offer from her tenant

The Duchess of York bought the London mews house in 2022 for £4.25million as an investment property for her daughters

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2025

Bangladeshis linked to Hasina regime appear to have made UK property transactions in past year

Call for asset freezes after figures under investigation in Dhaka employed services of UK law firms and consultants

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2025

Average London property prices unexpectedly jumped by more than £14,000 in April

The average cost of a home in the capital rose 2.6% during the month from £552,402 to £566,614 according to the Land Registry .

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

UK’s ‘most expensive house’ sells after £111 million price cut

The Holme in Regent’s Park was listed for £250 million in March 2023, and sold for £138.9 million in December last year

Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025

London house prices fell in 2023, but predicted 'crash' didn't happen

According to Land Registry data, the average London house price was £508,000 in December 2023

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2024

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Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024

The 'Mortgage price war' might be coming to an abrupt halt

City Comment: What is really going on in the London housing market?

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024

London house prices fall at fastest pace since 2009

The average London home has lost £26,000 in value in just two months, according to official data

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024

Destroying paper wills is guaranteeing problems down the line

Letters: Mistakes and disputes will be inevitable if scanned digital copies are used instead, writes former judge Roger Bartlett. Plus letters from Andy Clarke and Dr Keith Flett

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023

More than £16,000 slashed from the value of the average London home says Land Registry

Prices slumped in October after a long succession of interest rate hikes

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Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2023

London house prices: how the 'prime property playgrounds of elite homebuyers' have been affected by Brexit

The true impact of the UK's decision to leave the EU on London's housing dynamics is revealed in new research

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2023

One in five London homes sells for £1m-plus as prime property outperforms slumping market

Data reveals the higher proportion of residential properties in the capital selling for seven-figure sums since the pandemic hammered the economy and shook up the housing market

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023

Pete Haine obituary

Other lives: Tottenham Hotspur fan who became secretary of the Supporters’ Club and involved himself in related charitable causes

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023

Homeowners left out of pocket after two-year delays at UK Land Registry

Administrative hold-ups leave buyers missing best mortgage deals and some owners unable to sell

Liverpool Echo · Jul 11, 2023

Row over deputy leader's properties continues with new allegation

The complaint came just days after the outcome of another complaint into Cllr Fairclough’s conduct was revealed

Daily Mirror · Jul 11, 2023

What is happening to house prices and mortgages? Everything you need to know

The property market is cooling and house prices are falling from their peak - all as mortgage rates continue to rise, hitting a 15-year high today and the worst level since the aftermath of the Mini-Budget

Liverpool Echo · Jul 5, 2023

Investigation into deputy who failed to declare properties not 'appropriate use of resources'

The deputy leader has been referred for training on the code of conduct

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