Tag Archives: United Kingdom

Why Wealthy Borrowers are Turning to the Private Banks

In our latest guest post, Melanie Bien tells us why wealthy borrowers are looking to private banks for a mortgage. With interest rates at historic lows for the past three and a half years, if ever there was a time to borrow, this is it. It is a fallacy that wealthy people don’t need a [...]

London Market Insight from top London Buying Agents

A Market Update Over the past three years, safe haven demand from those concerned about rising economic and geo-political risks continued to underpin London property prices, while the gap in house prices between Central London’s boroughs and the rest of the UK widened sharply. London’s enduring attraction as a trophy asset and international business centre was also an [...]

The Rise of Buying Agents in London

Over the last five years the London property market has become increasingly renowned worldwide as the destination of choice for investors seeking a safe place to store and grow their wealth, and this trend is set to continue with seemingly worsening economic and political conditions within Europe. “Since 2008 the number of foreign buyers investing [...]

Luxury Property in London: “Style is dictated by the buyers, not the locals”

In our latest guest post, Sebastian Gibson sheds light on the intriguing tastes of affluent clients buying luxury property in London, and how style in London is dictated by those who do the buying, not the locals. There’s nothing new in the development of aesthetics; it’s as old as the story of art and reflects the time, [...]