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The hellish reality of being caught in a property chain

Today’s sensitive property market is creating longer chains and making the buying and selling process extremely delicate.

 

The Telegraph has released a new article this week that has revealed how UK families, couples and first-time buyers are being caught up in long property chains. Dominic Heath, Buying Consultant at Black Brick, featured in the piece to share his knowledge into how the mortgage rates and current economic climate is affecting how quickly people are able to move homes this year:

“If a seller is lucky to have a lower rate from pre-2022, they would rather port that lower-rate mortgage than break the chain and have to take out a new mortgage at a high rate in the future,” he commented.

Read the article here.

2025: A year of challenges, or opportunity?

Whilst many have described this year to be a testing time for the UK property market, our buying agents here at Black Brick have still managed to come out on top.

 

As 2025 comes to a close, we’ve lent our insights to a new article in Property Wire, sharing how we’ve managed to adapt to the market changes and still find a way to support clients to find some £80m-worth homes up and down the country.

Read all about our best deals of 2025 here.

Celebrating standout acquisitions in challenging times

We’re celebrating a major milestone this week as we reach £80 million in deals, despite today’s challenging UK housing market.

 

Black Brick Managing Partner, Camilla Dell revealed the good news in a feature for PrimeResi, sharing how our team of buying agents have managed this success.

Read the article here.

‘My home is no mansion’: the suburb left on the brink by new tax

Affected residents of London and the wider UK have been asked to share their thoughts on the new £2 million mansion tax.

 

Announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the Budget last week, the tax is set to add a surcharge of £2,500 to £7,500 a year in council tax bills for owners of properties valued at more than £2 million.

Black Brick Managing Partner Camilla Dell shared her insights in a feature written by Martina Lees, discussing how buying agents like us are adapting to the tax news and supporting clients for future purchases.

Read the article here.

Why would anyone live in a listed building?

Listed buildings are some of the most charming and beautiful examples of British architecture.

 

It was great to see my Black Brick Partner Tom Kain quoted in this excellent article by Ruth Bloomfield in The Spectator.

Tom said ‘I think people are more wary of buying period properties that need work than they were in years gone by,’ he says. ‘With the inflated cost of work, extended time and risk involved, they have to be really excited by the opportunity to take it on.’

Read the article here.

Thankfully at Black Brick Property Solutions LLP, we can guide our clients through the process of buying a heritage building. Clients of Black Brick also have access to our Black Book of tried and trusted contacts where we connect clients to the right specialists to help give them confidence in buying listed properties.

If you are thinking about buying a listed building and would like some advice, please get in touch.

Prime property industry reactions to the Budget 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her much-anticipated Budget yesterday, in which she confirmed a new so-called ‘mansion tax’ as well as hiking rates on property income.

 

Black Brick Managing Partner, Camilla Dell has reacted to news in a new feature by PrimeResi, discussing the Budget’s potential impacts and implications for the UK’s prime property owners.

Read the article here.

How Britain’s most expensive house became a £250m white elephant

Previously owned by a Lebanese billionaire politician, a Saudi Prince and most recently the property typhoon Hui Ka Yan, Britain’s most expensive mansion is up for sale at an impressive £250 million asking price.

 

We’ve shared our thoughts on the mega-mansion in a new feature by The Telegraph. Written by Jonathan Ford, our Managing Partner Camilla Dell has offered her insight into why she thinks the property won’t sell at anything without a steep discount, backed up by decades of experience and knowledge into London’s prime property market trends.

Read the article here.

How to profit from the London property freeze

House price growth has come to a halt and sellers are struggling to shift their properties.

 

Amid anticipation for the Autumn Budget announcement, Black Brick Managing Partner Camilla Dell has lent her expertise, drawing on her decades of experience in prime property, to a new feature in This Is Money.

Read the article here, which includes insights from leaders across the property industry, as well as sharing actionable advice on how to overcome the challenging market.

Is Rachel Reeves really destroying the housing market?

Whilst we anxiously await the Autumn Budget announcement, the property market stands still.

 

The Chancellor is set to announce key tax changes soon that will surely impact the UK housing market, but the details of which we just don’t know yet. Speculation is rife but still, we wait. And whilst we wait, the market slows.

Our Managing Partner and highly regarded London buying agent, Camilla Dell shared her input in a feature for The Times, forecasting what announcements may be made and our prime property buyers will adapt.

Read it here.

Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days

Keen to keep up to date with all the latest property news from across the UK?

 

Check out the ‘Monday Market Review’ by PrimeResi, featuring useful insights, real data and genuine advice from experienced buying agents like Black Brick on the current state of the property market.

Read it here.

From swimming pools and spas to dual kitchens, have property developers gone too far?

New developments are springing up across London and the UK, flaunting luxury amenities like spas, gyms and swimming pools.

 

In an effort to compete and succeed within the prime property market, developers are going above and beyond to make sure what they offer is the very best out there.

Camilla Dell of Black Brick commented on this recent market maturity in a feature for Yahoo! Finance, MSN and Aol, sharing her thoughts on how buyers can weave through the market and find the best development at the best offer.

Read the article here, here and here.

Labour’s impact on London’s prime property neighbourhoods

Affluent non-doms are said to be leaving London amid the changes seen in this new Labour government.

 

And as a result, they are contributing to a crash in prime property across both our capital and country. On streets where houses would rarely go up for sale, suddenly rows of mansions are popping up on the market like never before.

Black Brick Managing Partner, Camilla Dell spoke with The Telegraph to share her thoughts on why this was the case, commenting on her own experience of this year’s luxury property market.

Read the article here.

Agent warning to vendors: ‘Small price cuts won’t cut it’

Despite early optimism, the property market is still a buyer’s market this year.

 

Against the backdrop of house prices increasing by  by 0.6% between June and July, Black Brick Managing Partner and experiences buying agent, Camilla Dell shared her insights to The Estate Agent Today, citing how firms like Savills are beginning to lower expectations for UK house price growth.

Read more of the insights into the current UK housing market here.