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West End rental deals up 110%
10 April 2013Meanwhile, reports filtering in from one agency suggest it’s been a rip-roaring start to 2013 for the West End rental market – in terms of volume anyway. Prices are apparently down on last year and remain well below the heady days of 2008. With a peach of a patch covering Fitzrovia, ...
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Q1 London West End Residential Property Rental Market Comment
4 April 2013West End estate agency, LDG, reports a strong rental market in the first quarter of 2013 with the number of residential lets increasing by 110% compared to the last quarter of 2012. This can only be encouraging for concerned landlords following a stagnant winter rental market. Javier Carrillo, l...
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LDG Commercial strikes a deal with the NHS in Soho
18 March 2013West End estate agency, LDG Commercial, has recently let a ground and lower ground floor premise to the NHS on a 10 year lease for £160,000 per annum. The building is located on the east side of Dean Street, and will be used as a walk-in centre to service the local community. The accommoda...
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LDG offers rare opportunity to purchase a lateral flat in the historic Gordon Mansions, Bloomsbury
13 March 2013West End estate agency, LDG, is currently marketing a spacious lateral flat in the historic Gordon Mansions, Bloomsbury, for a guide price of £1,475,000. The two Edwardian blocks of flats of Gordon Mansions were built around the 1900’s, for which the name Gordon is thought to origina...
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Bloomsbury property breaks through glass ceiling
31 January 2013LDG, is currently marketing an unusual split level maisonette within a Georgian terrace in Bloomsbury, for £850,000. Situated in a quiet cul-de-sac on Burton Street, the maisonette has been re-modelled to maximize light and space, with floor to ceiling glazing that overlooks its quaint private...
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Reaction to planning announcement re changing offices to residential use
25 January 2013Ben Everest, Partner at West End specialist estate agency, LDG, comments: “It’s good to hear the new planning measures that mean owners of office buildings will be able to convert them into homes without applying for planning permission (albeit this will only exist for three years). Howe...
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Wise up to property prices in 2013
14 November 2012West End estate agents, LDG, believe that the property market will stabilise in 2013, and those wishing to sell should beware of unrealistic price per sq ft values set by exemplary new property developments in London’s West End. Laurence Glynne, Partner at LDG, comments: “We’ve...
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Comment on Camden Borough Council increasing council tax on empty homes
4 October 2012From West End specialist estate agency, LDG Laurence Glynne, Partner at LDG, comments: “A lot of the property we sell in the Borough of Camden is to second home buyers, although these are usually always people who use the accommodation throughout the working week, and so contribute to the ...
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LDG – Q3 West End Residential Property Sales Market Comment
4 October 2012Key points: Increase in cash buyers (57% in July-September compared to 20% in April-June) 85% of sales were to UK buyers Sales West End estate agency, LDG, report a strong UK residential market this quarter, with an increase in cash buyers and no EU buyers – which is co...
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It’s a studio in Fitzrovia, but not as we know it
25 September 2012West End estate agency, LDG, is currently marketing an unusually large studio in West One House, Fitzrovia, for £610,000. The studio – which spans 538 sq ft – is cleverly presented to give the impression of a one bedroom apartment, featuring an airy reception room, separate kit...
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