Category Archives: Press

With prices falling and new taxes looming, sales of English country houses are in jeopardy, says Lucy Alexander of The Times. It’s a situation that Francis Long, director of the high-end buying agency Hanslips, believes could be disastrous if combined … Continue reading →

For the moment, despite the “East is the new West” movement, British and overseas loot still continues to flow into the centre of London, to more reassuringly familiar postcodes of W1,W8, W11 and SW1. As Francis Long, of Hanslips, a … Continue reading →

The buying agency business is booming, owing to a lack of prime Central London property for sale on the open market, and the general market uncertainty. New start ups in the sector are keen to take a bit of business … Continue reading →

But the highest paid workers in the Square Mile and Canary Warf and the international set who want to be county set, with the wherewithal to maintain a portfolio of homes, increasingly want land and lots of it. The minimum … Continue reading →

Beverley Kirby gave up trying to buy a house on her own in London’s Chelsea neighborhood after twice getting burned by owners reneging on agreements to sell to her. The night before Kirby was due to sign for one 4.5 … Continue reading →

The Sunday Telegraph property section can claim a bit-part in this week’s announcement that “garden-grabbing” – the practice whereby developers build in the back gardens of existing homes — is to be discouraged. In 2002 we covered the story of … Continue reading →

…Some owners have delayed putting houses on the market on the market, betting that a Conservative election victory will lead to the abolition of home information packs (HIPs). This gamble could cost them hundreds of thousands of pounds if they … Continue reading →