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Highly experienced residential sales professional, Richard Levene has joined Benham and Reeves as Head of International Sales and Judy Lam will assume the post of Business Development Director in Hong Kong from September. These are strategically important appointments as we seek to strengthen and expand our operations in Southeast Asia, Kenya, the UAE and China…

The latest research from letting and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed how the ongoing threat of Covid-19 is shaping the UK rental market. Benham and Reeves surveyed 1,764 active tenants asking them to rank several rental property features on their importance, before comparing this to the same survey results from last year. The …

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The latest research from London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed where across the capital offers the best chance of a new-build property purchase with a swimming pool. With summer in full swing, the current pandemic doesn’t have to dampen your appetite for a swimming pool property. There are currently more than …

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The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that London, Manchester and Birmingham are home to the largest outright number of homes listed for sale at £500,000 or less. Belfast, Swansea and Aberdeen are the cities with the largest proportion of property stock listed at £500,000 or less as a …

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The latest research from lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed the cost of buying in and around 15 national parks and which of them offer a homebuyer bargain. Benham and Reeves looked at: – The average property costs across all postcodes within or straddling the UK’s 15 national parks. What it currently …

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The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that your sofa is swallowing up as much as £11,000 of your property’s value, when it comes to house prices per square foot.

Demand for home offices soar in London’s outer boroughs – adding one could boost your property value by £40,000 Across London, demand for homes with a home office has increased by 259% since the start of lockdown according to research by leading lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves. Benham and Reeves looked at the …

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With many Londoners now opting for pedal power to avoid the social distancing nightmare of public transport, research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed the steep cost of buying along one of London’s Cycle Superhighways. Benham and Reeves analysed the average house price in outcodes straddling each of London’s Cycle …

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The capital’s new-build homebuyers are still opting for homes with balconies and gardens, as outdoor space in which to relax takes precedence over other lockdown stress relieving outlets such as gyms or swimming pools.

The latest research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that demand for homes listed at £10m and above across London’s prime suburbs has tumbled to just 2%; with a number of areas seeing no demand for housing at all. Benham and Reeves looked at prime London’s property hotspots and the …

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Leading lettings and sales agent, Benham and Reeves, has released the latest of its very own quarterly house price index based on data from the top four existing indices, looking at where the average house price sits and how the gap between buyer and seller expectation and actual sales has changed. The Benham and Reeves …

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The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has looked at house price performance in previous leap years and what it could mean this time around for a market recovering from a prolonged period of Brexit uncertainty. Benham and Reeves looked at the annual UK average house price each year from 1980 …

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