{"id":7747,"date":"2023-03-28T11:19:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T11:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/?post_type=market-update&#038;p=7747"},"modified":"2023-03-28T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:38:51","slug":"april-2023","status":"publish","type":"market-update","link":"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/insights\/market-update\/april-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a id=\"one\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Story-1-WEB-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Story-1-WEB-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Story-1-WEB-1-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Story-1-WEB-1-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Story-1-WEB-1-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>Steady as she goes<\/h1>\n<p>This is the time of year when pundits attempt to take the temperature of the housing market. The worst chills of winter are behind us, and they are hunting for early clues as to how property will perform during the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p>So far all the signs are that buyers are out there, but that they are a more cautious and judicious bunch than last year.<\/p>\n<p>Sellers, meanwhile, are feeling rather shy about putting their homes on sale when the strength of the market remains an unknown quantity \u2013 although many are not averse to putting a few discreet feelers out.<\/p>\n<p>The result is a market which not quite full steam ahead but certainly buoyant and moving forward &#8211; or, to borrow another nautical expression, steady as she goes:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"two\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mind-the-Gap-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mind-the-Gap-WEB.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mind-the-Gap-WEB-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mind-the-Gap-WEB-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mind-the-Gap-WEB-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Mind the gap<\/h1>\n<p>One way to assess the health of a housing market is to look at the difference between what vendors want for their properties and what buyers are willing to pay.\u00a0 Pre-pandemic the spectre of Brexit, plus a series of increases in buying taxes, created an average 13 per cent gap between asking and selling price across prime London.<\/p>\n<p>During the pandemic, when many buyers appeared to throw caution to the wind, the gap between asking and selling prices narrowed significantly, hitting an average five per cent in July 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This year, according to new research by price analysts LonRes, buyers are becoming increasingly anxious about overpaying for a property in a market that feels less than steady and as a result the margin between asking and selling prices has widened rapidly, to an average of more than eight per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst vendors willing to negotiate is good news for buyers, the widening gap between asking and selling prices makes it increasingly hard to know where to begin negotiating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our system the asking price to some degree has to be ignored,\u201d said Caspar Harvard-Walls, a partner at Black Brick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we get to that point, we look very carefully at completed sales data. It has to be within the past six months, and it has to be a very direct comparison. There is no point comparing the penthouse at 20 Grosvenor Square in Mayfair with a Mayfair flat in a 1930s block.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He finds basing an offer on price per square foot a \u201cvery blunt instrument\u201d when assessing the value of a home. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t take into account outside space, views, which floor it is on \u2026 there are lots of variables to consider, the whole market is wildly nuanced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local knowledge is crucial. Take Egerton Crescent in South Kensington, half a mile from Harrods department store, and long regarded as one of London\u2019s most exclusive streets.<\/p>\n<p>Its white stucco townhouses look very similar, but those at the centre of the crescent are more sought after because their squared off roofs mean larger top floor rooms. The redbrick mansion apartments in Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, are another good example \u2013 some are blighted by noise from the adjacent London Underground lines and are thus worth less than similar looking homes which are not.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"three\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Smash-Hit-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Smash-Hit-WEB.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Smash-Hit-WEB-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Smash-Hit-WEB-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Smash-Hit-WEB-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Smash hit or damp squib?<\/h1>\n<p>The spring buying season has begun with more of a whimper than a bang this year.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that buyer confidence seems to have recovered from the shock of last year\u2019s mini budget.<\/p>\n<p>But estate agent Chestertons warns that the number of homes being put on the market is failing to meet demand from buyers, and that trend is unlikely to change as we enter the traditionally busy spring season. It reports carrying out three per cent more viewings during February this year than it did in February 2022 and there were 17 per cent fewer sellers entering the market.<\/p>\n<p>The knock on effect of this will be fewer new properties coming onto the market this month, leaving many buyers frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard-Walls believes part of the reason vendors aren\u2019t getting round to list their homes is the confluence of two major holidays. Easter Sunday falls on April 9 and Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, started on March 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is certainly nothing coming up in the \u00a33m to \u00a39m flat market in central London at the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dell said part of the reason for the slim pickings is that increasing numbers of buyers are opting to sell off market with no online presence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, because the market is a bit uncertain and unsure, sellers don\u2019t necessarily want everyone to know what their asking price is,\u201d she said. \u201cI use the analogy of a game of poker, where you want to keep your cards close to your chest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 41 per cent of deals struck by Black Brick on behalf of clients were for homes being sold off market.\u00a0 Last year that rose to 50 per cent, and in the first quarter of 2022 it has risen to a resounding 55 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"four\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/North-and-South-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/North-and-South-web.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/North-and-South-web-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/North-and-South-web-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/North-and-South-web-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>North and South<\/h1>\n<p>Londoners have long debated the relative merits of living north of the River Thames versus heading south.<\/p>\n<p>And certainly, when it comes to property price staying power, the north tends to perform most strongly.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest price data from Rightmove, asking prices across the British capital have inched up by an average 2.5 per cent over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>The best performers make up a long swathe of north London, running due north from Holborn all the way out to the leafy, semi-rural fringes where London meets the home counties.<\/p>\n<p>Asking prices across Camden have increased by an average 13.4 per cent in the year to March, reaching just over \u00a31.1m. In neighbouring Barnet prices are up seven per cent, to an average of almost \u00a3712,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are both good family areas,\u201d explained Camilla Dell, founding partner of Black Brick. \u201cThey have got plenty of really top schools, good connectivity, Camden in particular is really close to central London, and they have lots of green open space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"five\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Building-a-future-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Building-a-future-WEB.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Building-a-future-WEB-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Building-a-future-WEB-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Building-a-future-WEB-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Building a future<\/h1>\n<p>Taking on a fixer upper has never been a task for the faint hearted. But post-Brexit it has become even more challenging. Britain\u2019s construction industry is stuck in a \u201cchronic skills gap\u201d, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), which warns that a third of firms are struggling with shortages of carpenters, bricklayers and general labourers.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, a group of conservation bodies and landowners, including The National Trust and The Crown Estate say hundreds of thousands more workers are required to work on energy efficiency upgrades. They blame the shortage on the pandemic, workers going home during Brexit, and an ageing construction work force.<\/p>\n<p>What this means, in practical terms, is that many people are reporting they can\u2019t find a plumber or a kitchen fitter for love nor money.<\/p>\n<p>Which is a pity because London is full of beautiful, but slightly neglected old houses just crying out for modernisation, and the rewards can be considerable.<\/p>\n<p>Dell said most of her clients would prefer a turnkey property, considering managing renovations to be too much of a hassle at the best of times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do get some clients who are open to the idea of doing work, and are passionate about how they want to live, and you can buy unmodernised properties well and then really add value,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe acquired a house for a client in a very prestigious street in Notting Hill backing onto one of the large communal gardens,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was totally unmodernised and they paid about \u00a33,000 per sq ft for it. We introduced them to a planning consultant, and they got permission to build a basement and install a swimming pool, which added enormously to the value of the property. Last year we received an unsolicited bid for the property, in excess of \u00a35,000 per sq ft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another successful renovation was carried out by American clients who bought a dated apartment in Regent\u2019s Park for just over \u00a32,000 per sq ft. They had it renovated \u2013 again Black Brick was able to put them in touch with all the experts they needed to make it happen \u2013 and are thrilled to have put their own stamp on their London home. They are also content in the knowledge that similar apartments in the same building now sell for \u00a34,000 plus per square ft.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"six\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Historic-Opportunity-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Historic-Opportunity-WEB.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Historic-Opportunity-WEB-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Historic-Opportunity-WEB-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/A-Historic-Opportunity-WEB-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>A historic opportunity<\/h1>\n<p>While prime London is grappling with a shortage of stock, at the very pinnacle of the market buyers are being presented with the rare opportunity to purchase one of the capital\u2019s largest, grandest private houses.<\/p>\n<p>The Holme is a 40-bedroom Georgian mansion set in four acres of gardens in Regent\u2019s Park &#8211; and it comes with a \u00a3250m price tag.<\/p>\n<p>At present the record for the most expensive piece of London residential real estate is held by a mansion on Rutland Gate, near Hyde Park, which changed hands in 2020 for \u00a3210m.<\/p>\n<p>The 29,000 sq ft The Holme has the potential to smash that record, and it is certainly a showstopper, built in 1818 by James Burton, the property developer who masterminded most of Regency London.<\/p>\n<p>The house was designed by Burton\u2019s son, Decimus, and the Burton family lived there. It has been described as The White House in Regent\u2019s Park thanks to its white stucco fa\u00e7ade, and is set overlooking an ornamental lake.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly there are not many buyers in a position to buy such a home. The Stamp Duty bill alone \u2013 assuming it is sold to an overseas buyer as a second home \u2013 would exceed \u00a342m.<\/p>\n<p>And Dell fears that the strategy of publicly launching the property could backfire. \u201cOne of my clients said to me that now that \u201cevery man and his dog\u201d knows all about the home all of its privacy has gone, and that could be a deterrent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However its unique architecture and sheer scale should, believes Harvard-Walls help override any issues about privacy. \u201cI suspect it will go to a private person with a very long term view, and I also suspect that the likelihood of somebody buying it in sterling is pretty low.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"seven\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Rendevous-Podcast-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Rendevous-Podcast-WEB.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Rendevous-Podcast-WEB-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Rendevous-Podcast-WEB-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Rendevous-Podcast-WEB-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>A life in property<\/h1>\n<p>Camilla Dell is the special guest on the latest episode of The Real Rendezvous, a collection of interviews with leaders in the world of property, luxury and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>She talks hosts Caroline Donaghue and Priya Rawal through her career beginnings (including failing to win a spot on an early series of The Apprentice), to being named one of 25 most influential people in British property in the Telegraph\u2019s Property Power List.<\/p>\n<p>Learn about her journey here: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/introducing-camilla-dell-managing-partner-and-founder\/id1604067081?i=1000605076377\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/introducing-camilla-dell-managing-partner-and-founder\/id1604067081?i=1000605076377<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dell has also been joined by two of her Black Brick colleagues in <a href=\"https:\/\/spearswms.com\/spears-property-advisers-index\/\">The 2023 Spear\u2019s Property Index<\/a>, which profiles leading lights in the world of property. She is one of only eight British buying agents given a \u201ctop flight\u201d rating, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spears500.com\/adviser\/4339\/caspar-harvard-walls\">Caspar Harvard-Walls<\/a> is \u201ctop recommended\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spears500.com\/adviser\/6386\/tom-kain\">Tom Kain<\/a> is \u201crecommended\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"eight\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Geneva-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Geneva-WEB.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Geneva-WEB-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Geneva-WEB-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Geneva-WEB-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Black Brick visiting Geneva<\/h1>\n<p>Black Brick are delighted to announce that Managing Partner Camilla Dell will be visiting Geneva from Wednesday 26th to Friday 28th April inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>If you are based in Geneva and have an interest in London property, or work with clients that are considering a purchase in the near future and would like to arrange a confidential meeting with Camilla to find out more about the London property market and how we can help you, please email <a href=\"mailto:chw@black-brick.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:chw@black-brick.com\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">camilla.dell@black-brick.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><a id=\"nine\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Barl-Place-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Barl-Place-WEB.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Barl-Place-WEB-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Barl-Place-WEB-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Barl-Place-WEB-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>Acquisition of the month: Bark Place, Bayswater, W2 &#8211; \u00a33,400,000<\/h1>\n<p>Our client was after a four bedroom house within easy reach of the West End. Their budget was up to \u00a33.5m, and they didn\u2019t want to have to do any work.<\/p>\n<p>We found them the ideal property \u2013 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/expertise\/case-studies\/bark-place\/\">spacious freehold house<\/a> a five minute walk from Hyde Park, with a study, garage, and off street parking, and a private garden.<\/p>\n<p>By taking our advice in negotiations our clients were able to secure the house for \u00a3100,000 less than its original asking price of \u00a33.5m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ten\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MS-of-the-month-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MS-of-the-month-WEB.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MS-of-the-month-WEB-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MS-of-the-month-WEB-1024x425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MS-of-the-month-WEB-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Managed Sale of the month: Queensberry Mews West, South Kensington, SW7 &#8211; \u00a33,450,000<\/h1>\n<p>Several years ago, we had helped clients based in Ireland to buy this lovely, three bedroom, three bathroom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.black-brick.com\/expertise\/case-studies\/queensbury-mews-west-sw7\/\">mews house<\/a>. They loved the house but, due to ill health, they found they were using it less and less.<\/p>\n<p>They came back to us asking if we could discreetly help them find a buyer for the very pretty property, which was well maintained and has a lovely courtyard garden.<\/p>\n<p>Through our network we found a cash buyer &#8211; who bid more than our delighted clients had paid for it in 2019. The sale went through within just four weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steady as she goes This is the time of year when pundits attempt to take the temperature of the housing market. The worst chills of winter are behind us, and they are hunting for early clues as to how property will perform during the rest of the year. So far all the signs are that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7750,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7747","market-update","type-market-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>April 2023 | Property Market 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