June 24, 2009
Improve, not move is the mantra of our recessionary times, especially for those with a Sarah Beeny-esque penchant for making bags of money from bricks and mortar. We are constantly assailed with advice about what to do to boost the value of our home, but what changes push prices down and make a property less attractive to a future would-be buyer?
June 3, 2009
The first six months of 2009 has brought mixed result for global property markets but with tentative signs of growing confidence there is talk of signs of recovery.
May 15, 2009
Overseas property buyers have rarely had it so good in Britain. Many are trawling London for bargains where developers have brought some very special homes on to the market.
May 1, 2009
Millions of us are glued each week to The Apprentice to see who will incur the wrath of Sir Alan. For Camilla Dell, who runs London's largest independent property-finding agency, Black Brick Property Solutions, watching the show is a reminder of why she started her own business.
April 5, 2009
Falling valuations and desperate owners all point to property bargains. But, Graham Norwood reports, canny buyers can cut the price further.
April 1, 2009
Phil Spencer's home-finding firm has gone bust, developers have downed tools worldwide and The Apprentice hopefuls include an estate agent seeking a career change. It doesn't sound an ideal time to try to make a profit from property, does it? Yet we may look back on spring 2009 as the moment when we should have acted.
March 20, 2009
Buyers with cash in hand are in the best position to take advantage of the current climate. ‘Vendors are more likely to accept a lower offer on their property from a cash buyer than a higher one that’s subject to obtaining a mortgage,’ says Camilla Dell of London buying agency Black Brick Property Solutions. ‘Cash buyers are king.’
February 20, 2009
THE news this week that Garrington – the property search firm owned by Phil Spencer of television’s Location, Location, Location fame – has gone into administration, might lead some to believe that the age of the buying agent is at an end. But that couldn’t be further from the truth.
February 18, 2009
London home sellers are accepting offers of up to 30 per cent below their asking prices, and Hong Kong buyers are among those taking advantage of the deep discounts and the added attraction of a collapse in the value of the British pound.
February 3, 2009
LONDON — After a go-go decade, Great Britain is suffering from a sudden, severe financial hangover. Now, however, the party has kicked into high gear for another group: foreign visitors and investors who are descending on London to take advantage of the plunge in the local currency and snap up high-end property, luxury cars and designer clothing at a discount.
January 29, 2009
Could the bottom of the market be in sight? For those ready to trade up, that dream home is fast becoming affordable - and canny house-hunters are out looking for bargains.
January 23, 2009
The dramatic slide of sterling against the euro and other currencies since the start of last year has created big winners and big losers in the world of residential property. In the former category are international buyers in the UK, and especially in London, who are combining falling prices with improved exchange rates to secure deals that cost them 40-50 per cent less in their own currencies than they would have a year ago.
December 19, 2008
Despite gloomy figures from many industry bodies, Black Brick are predicting that 2009 could present some tantalising opportunities.
November 10, 2008
Although it seems that the UK residential property market is in freefall, there remains a demand for prestige London properties, especially amongst international clients, says Camilla Dell, managing director of Black Brick Property Solutions. She outlines how private banks can benefit from working alongside property search agents to offer clients a complete package for their financial and property needs.
October 22, 2008
As women rise meteorically through the ranks in business, competing for the US Presidency, becoming Prime Minister of the UK and other countries, occupying senior posts in medicine, science, the literary arena, corporate business and indeed without limits in any field, we look at some of the successful women in the property world.
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