Robert Bartlett, chief executive of estate agent Chesterton Humberts, today commented on rising rents on the BBC News website. Robert said that it would be good to come up with a system that gave a "timely and accurate" indication of house prices in a local area.
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Highlights include: · Asia Pacific leads the property market recovery· Slower rate of recovery for Europe and US markets in face of testing economic conditions· Rebound in millionaire population – HNWI numbers rising fastest in the Far East with Si...
Prices in London have risen faster than prices elsewhere in the UK, however the Poll of Polls shows that prices in the capital and elsewhere have started to peak. There has been a minor correction in prices over recent months (page six) due to an increase in supply following t...
David Adams, residential director, Chesterton Humberts reports:“There is a dire shortage of property in the £500,000 to £1.5mn range in the London market. As bank finance has become more available, people are once again starting to upsize into this bracket. At the same...
• Removal of stamp duty for properties under £250k sees terraced house prices grow at twice the pace of any other property type• With the exception of two or three regions –the fast growing house prices are in regions with the lowest government spending share...
• House prices hit new record in a handful of local authorities• Prices have risen by 8.6% since reaching the bottom this time last year but have only risen by 1.8% since the start of 2010
Average selling prices in four local London authorities have n...
We were pleased to read that the OFT has found consumer satisfaction with traditional estate agents has improved in recent years. Estate agencies have worked hard to improve service and are continuing to do so in the face of strong competition. What was surprising was ...
The firm has appointed Andrew Smith as managing director. The appointment is in line with the company’s expansion into a number of new markets including Russia. The operation will assume the company’s international brand, Chesterton.
Smith has over 20 years ...
The March Chesterton Humberts/cebr House Price Poll of Polls shows that house prices in London are growing at more than twice the pace of the next fastest growing region in the UK, despite the average price of residential property in England and Wales falling for a second cons...
Chesterton Humberts, one of the UK’s leading property consultancies, continues to expand the company’s international network, with a new office opening in Moscow in February.
Initially, the office will be conveniently located in the centre of Moscow, in the Smolens...
Robert Bartlett, CEO comments on today’s budget:
“A huge proportion of hard working middle England, people who have saved all their lives to own their own homes, will be penalised by the failure of the government to raise the inheritance tax threshold.&n...
• House prices continue to rise faster at the top of the market• Detached housing has seen the steepest rise over the year• Average price of a residential property in England and Wales was £173,967 in December 2009• Prices rose by 0.4% from Nove...
At a time when there is constant mention of public spending cuts, it is remarkable to see one item of expenditure that has just been increased.
Payments under the Energy Crop Scheme have just been raised by 25% so as now to cover half the cost of establishing bioma...
The February Chesterton Humberts/cebr House Price Poll of Polls shows that the UK property market recovery is strongly biased towards the top end of the market, highlighting the increasingly fractured nature of the property market. Evidence includes: • A...
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