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		<title>Paris, troisième ville la plus chère d&#8217;Europe pour les loyers d&#8217;appartements</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Les loyers de ce type d&#8217;appartements ont reculé de 3 % dans le monde et de 5% en Europe depuis un an. Paris fait exception avec des prix de location qui stagnent.
Un trois-pièces parisien se loue 1650 euros par mois en moyenne, ce qui place la capitale française au 3e rang européen et au 7e [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Les loyers de ce type d&#8217;appartements ont reculé de 3 % dans le monde et de 5% en Europe depuis un an. Paris fait exception avec des prix de location qui stagnent.</p>
<p>Un trois-pièces parisien se loue 1650 euros par mois en moyenne, ce qui place la capitale française au 3e rang européen et au 7e rang mondial des villes les plus chères pour un locataire particulier, selon le nouveau baromètre des prix établi par ECA international. Cette étude prend en compte les logements d&#8217;environ 80 mètres carrés situés dans 132 villes de 66 pays. Elle est notamment utilisée par les directions des ressources humaines des grandes entreprises pour calculer les indemnités de logement de leurs cadres expatriés.</p>
<p>Globalement, la tendance générale est à la baisse : les loyers de ce type d&#8217;appartements ont reculé de 3% dans le monde et de 5% en Europe depuis un an. Paris fait exception avec des prix de location qui stagnent. La moyenne parisienne de 1650 euros par mois pour un trois-pièces reste toutefois loin de celles de Moscou et de Londres. </p>
<p>Dans la capitale russe, il faut débourser 2100 euros par mois pour un 80 mètres carrés situé dans un quartier d&#8217;expatriés. A Londres, malgré une baisse de 200 euros depuis un an, le loyer mensuel moyen est de 1900 euros, ce qui en fait la 2ème ville la plus chère en Europe après Moscou, et la 5e plus chère dans le monde. A noter que les loyers à Paris, Londres et Moscou se situent largement au-dessus de la moyenne européenne qui est de 1005 euros par mois.</p>
<p>En dehors de l&#8217;Europe, on constate des variations de prix très fortes, à la hausse comme à la baisse. &#8220;La crise financière a provoqué une baisse des loyers dans beaucoup de pays et le départ de nombre d&#8217;expatriés a permis d&#8217;améliorer la disponibilité des locations&#8221;, explique Frédéric Franchi, porte-parole d&#8217;ECA International. Autrement dit, les propriétaires se retrouvent avec des appartements vides sur les bras, et le prix des loyers recule. Ainsi, Dubaï, 13e du classement, a-t-il perdu 4 places par rapport à l&#8217;an dernier en raison d&#8217;une chute des loyers de 37%.</p>
<p>Inversement, certaines destinations voient leurs loyers flamber. Caracas, par exemple, connaît la plus forte progression avec une hausse des loyers de +43%. Explication : la communauté internationale résidant dans la cité vénézuélienne occupe des habitations sécurisées, donc plus coûteuses. Caracas devient ainsi la deuxième ville la plus chère du monde, juste derrière Tokyo où le loyer est deux fois plus élevé qu&#8217;à Paris avec un prix moyen de 2980 euros.</p>
<p><strong>Le tableau des villes les plus chères du monde</strong><br />
Classement Ville Loyer mensuel en euros<br />
1 Tokyo (Japon) 2986<br />
2 Caracas (Vénézuela) 2927<br />
3 Abu Dhabi (Emirats Arabes Unis) 2221<br />
4 Moscou (Russie) 2098<br />
5 Londres (Royaume-Uni) 1902<br />
6 Singapour (Singapour) 1701<br />
7 Paris (France) 1650<br />
8 Bogota (Colombie) 1629<br />
9 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) 1624<br />
10 Amsterdam (Pays-Bas) 1600<br />
11 Istanbul (Turquie) 1573<br />
12 Almaty (Kazakhstan) 1538<br />
13 Dubai (Emirats Arabes Unis) 1507<br />
14 San Francisco  (Etats-Unis) 1468<br />
15 Genève (Suisse) 1450 </p>
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		<title>London property prices give less value for money</title>
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Prime residential and commercial property in London, the financial capital of Europe, is up to six times more expensive than in other global centres, according to research from international real estate adviser Savills.
A 2,000-square-foot apartment in desirable areas of West London, including Kensington, Chelsea and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought I&#8217;ll share this read, it&#8217;s very a interesting view!</p>
<p>Prime residential and commercial property in London, the financial capital of Europe, is up to six times more expensive than in other global centres, according to research from international real estate adviser Savills.</p>
<p>A 2,000-square-foot apartment in desirable areas of West London, including Kensington, Chelsea and Holland Park, sells for an average of £3.7m (€4m) at today’s near-peak prices. It would rent for an average of £8,670 a month, according to Savills. </p>
<p>In Paris, a similar-size apartment at a desirable address sells for £2m, and in Geneva it sells for £1.3m. In the Far East, Hong Kong is among the more expensive of financial centres for property, with 2,000-square-foot prime apartments selling for £2.6m and renting for £6,112 a month. </p>
<p>Dubai is the exception among the largest financial centres, where the same space averages £618,700 to buy and £2,730 a month to let, likely down on recent years following deterioration in the local property market. </p>
<p>London has also become more attractive to foreign buyers with the depreciation of sterling. The currency is down 25% against the US dollar over the past two years, and has lost 16% against the euro. </p>
<p>The cultural and educational offerings and the quality of the housing stock as reasons why London continues to command some of the highest rates for prime residential property. Similarly, commercial real estate also commands a premium in London over other financial centres. </p>
<p>A 2,000 square foot office costs on average £165,055 per annum to lease in London’s West End and £100,743 a year in the Square Mile.</p>
<p>The same office at Manhattan’s most desirable addresses lets for about £86,988 a year, while prime commercial space in Frankfurt lets for £70,631 a year and in Zurich for £79,182 a year. </p>
<p>While residential property in Dubai has taken a hit, commercial space, however, continues to command a premium. A 2,000-square-foot prime space lets for £126,394 a year in Dubai.</p>
<p>In Hong Kong, rents average £82,156 for 2,000-square-foot prime commercial space, but this could soon change, according to Liam Bailey, head of residential research at estate agent Knight Frank. </p>
<p>“London is more expensive for several reasons and will maintain its differential over other major cities, with the exception of high-growth Asia which is beginning to catch up.”</p>
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		<title>Rise of 214% in London for New Built Houses</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales of newly built houses in London rose by a staggering 214% in the final quarter of 2009 compared with the same period a year before, according to a new report.
Growth in the sector was considerably higher than the average increase of 68% for the entire London property market including re-sales, the Knight Frank London [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sales of newly built houses in London rose by a staggering 214% in the final quarter of 2009 compared with the same period a year before, according to a new report.</p>
<p>Growth in the sector was considerably higher than the average increase of 68% for the entire London property market including re-sales, the Knight Frank London Residential Development 2010 review shows.</p>
<p>The head of residential research at Knight Frank said it was due to lack of supply as the number of new homes for sale across London hit an all time low of just 975 in the third quarter of the year. The current supply of stock available to buy is down by 20% compared with the first quarter of 2009.</p>
<p>Main Reason For this<br />
A declining pound sterling in the past 18 months have attracted many foreign buyers to the market, mainly cash rich buyers from Europe, Malaysia,Singapore and Hong-Kong.<br />
The Bank of England maintaining a low interest rate has enabled a lot of first time buyers to get on the market and the government has been introducing schemes to revive the whole industry.</p>
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		<title>Les Prix de L&#8217;immobilier britannique vers le haut</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[La pénurie de logements tirent les prix de l&#8217;immobilier britannique vers le haut 
La crise de l&#8217;immobilier britannique est-elle terminée ? C&#8217;est ce que pourraient laisser penser les dernières données publiées par Rightmove. Selon le site de petites annonces immobilières, les prix de mises en vente des logements anciens britanniques, c&#8217;est-à-dire observés avant négociation, ont [...]]]></description>
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<p>La crise de l&#8217;immobilier britannique est-elle terminée ? C&#8217;est ce que pourraient laisser penser les dernières données publiées par Rightmove. Selon le site de petites annonces immobilières, les prix de mises en vente des logements anciens britanniques, c&#8217;est-à-dire observés avant négociation, ont progressé de 3,2% entre janvier et février. Sur un an, ils affichent désormais une hausse de 6,1%. </p>
<p>Il n’empêche, le rebond des étiquettes s&#8217;explique essentiellement par la pénurie d&#8217;offre de logements. Ce phénomène, qui s&#8217;aggrave depuis plusieurs mois, est particulièrement marqué à Londres, où le prix moyen des logements proposés vient même de battre un nouveau record, à 428.000 livres sterling, soit environ 493.000 euros. </p>
<p>Compte tenu des perspectives économiques mitigées, Rightmove maintient par ailleurs des prévisions prudentes. Le groupe estime qu&#8217;une hausse des prix d&#8217;une telle ampleur ne se réitèrera pas dans les prochains mois. Le faible nombre de prêts immobiliers accordés par les banques ainsi que le maintien du chômage à un niveau élevé risquent en effet de peser sur la demande tout au long de 2010. </p>
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		<title>Immobilier : acheter à Paris, à Londres ou à New York ?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Immobilier : acheter à Paris, à Londres ou à New York
Avec la crise et l&#8217;euro fort, l&#8217;immobilier a été beaucoup plus abordable à Londres et à New York, l&#8217;an dernier. Les prix remontent, mais de belles opportunités existent encore, selon le groupe Barnes. Les prix dans les trois capitales.
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<p>Avec la crise et l&#8217;euro fort, l&#8217;immobilier a été beaucoup plus abordable à Londres et à New York, l&#8217;an dernier. Les prix remontent, mais de belles opportunités existent encore, selon le groupe Barnes. Les prix dans les trois capitales.<br />
Les temps ont changé. L&#8217;immobilier comme le reste de l&#8217;économie vit désormais à l&#8217;heure de la mondialisation. &#8220;Il y a 20 ans, le bon bourgeois parisien achetait des studios pour ses enfants dans les 16 et 17 arrondissements et éventuellement à Neuilly. Désormais, il opte plus volontiers pour Londres, New York ou Genève, où ses enfants ont effectivement plus de chance d&#8217;aller étudier&#8221;, explique Thibault de Saint Vincent, président du groupe d&#8217;immobilier de luxe Barnes. Outre ce phénomène sociologique, la faiblesse des monnaies américaines et anglaises par rapport à l&#8217;euro a également permis aux acquéreurs de faire quelques bonnes affaires et de gagner au maximum sur le change en 2009. A en croire les spécialistes de chez Barnes, Londres n&#8217;a jamais été aussi abordable pour les Français, et New York, où les prix ont recommencé à grimper, recèle de belles opportunités. Tour d&#8217;horizon. </p>
<p>Paris : le haut de gamme à des prix rarement inférieurs à 10.000 euros le m2<br />
Sur l&#8217;immobilier de luxe parisien, les prix qui avaient chuté de 10% environ pendant la crise, restent cependant un à un niveau élevé. Ils sont en train de se stabiliser à ce haut niveau, voire repartent à la hausse dans certains endroits, selon les spécialistes du groupe Barnes. Outre les appartements d&#8217;exception, où les prix ont même atteint 51.000 euros le m2 l&#8217;an dernier (dans le 7ème quai Anatole-France, lire sur ce thème notre article &#8220;Immobilier haut de gamme : les appartements les plus chers de Paris&#8221;), les appartements parisiens de qualité et en étage, ont &#8220;rarement été proposés en 2009 à moins de 10.000 euros/m2, explique Thibault de Saint Vincent, président du groupe Barnes. Dans les lieux les plus recherchés, essentiellement rive gauche, un appartement rénové avec une vue dégagée se négocie entre 15.000 et 20.000 euros/m2&#8243;.</p>
<p>Les prix de quelques ventes de prestige à Paris et Neuilly<br />
Trois exemples à Paris : 2 transactions quai Anatole-France (75007) à 51.000 euros/m² et 50.000 euros/m² ; une transaction 18-20 rue Guynemer (75006) à 25.500 euros/m² et une autre 53 avenue d&#8217;Iéna (75116) à 22.000 euros/m².<br />
Les trois plus importantes transactions de Neuilly : Bd Commandant-Charcot à 13.500 euros/m² ; Bd Maurice-Barrès à 16.100 euros/m² et Bd Commandant-Charcot à 15.300 euros/m².<br />
Londres : des prix à peine 20% plus cher qu&#8217;à Paris<br />
Pour le commun des mortels, Londres reste une ville très très chère. Pourtant les spécialistes du groupe Barnes assurent que le situation est &#8220;historique&#8221; : les prix de l&#8217;immobilier haut de gamme n&#8217;auraient jamais été aussi accessibles, pour les Français notamment. &#8220;Actuellement l&#8217;immobilier de qualité se négocie à 20% de plus qu&#8217;à Paris, alors que traditionnellement la capitale britannique est plutôt deux fois plus coûteuse, explique Richard Tzipine, directeur général du groupe Barnes, il faut remonter dix ans en arrière pour retrouver un écart de prix aussi faible&#8221;.</p>
<p>Les explications tiennent en deux mots : la crise qui a touché Londres de plein fouet et la faiblesse de la Livre Sterling par rapport à l&#8217;euro. La crise d&#8217;abord. &#8220;De septembre 2007 à septembre 2009, les prix ont baisser entre -25% et -35%&#8221;, explique-t-on chez Barnes, si on y ajoute l&#8217;avantage monétaire lié à la faiblesse de la Livre par rapport à l&#8217;euro, on pouvait effectivement faire de belles affaires. Quid de la reprise ? De septembre 2009 à février 2010, &#8220;les transactions sont reparties à la hausse et les prix aussi à hauteur d&#8217;environ +10%&#8221;, note Thibault de Saint Vincent. Quant au taux de change, il reste favorable, mais &#8220;la Livre Sterling n&#8217;a cessé de remonter en 2009 et début 2010 et elle pourrait continuer sur cette voie&#8221;, fait valoir Régis Begué, responsable de la gestion actions chez Lazard Frères gestion.</p>
<p>Les prix dans quatre quartiers de Londres<br />
 Knightsbridge : 16.000 euros/m2 ;  Chelsea : 14.000 euros/m2 ; South Kensington : 13.000 euros/m2 ; Fulham : de 7.000 à 8.500 euros/m2.<br />
New York : encore quelques belles opportunités à saisir<br />
Le marché new yorkais montre des signes sérieux de reprise, &#8220;entre juin 2009 et janvier 2010, le nombre de transaction a progressé de 55%, en raison notamment de l&#8217;arrivée de européens sur ce marché, qui ont voulu profiter de l&#8217;euro fort à 1,50 dollar&#8221;, explique Thibault de Saint Vincent. Du coup, les prix ont suivi, &#8220;au 1er janvier, ils sont en hausse de 7% par rapport au trimestre précédent, mais encore inférieurs de -8% par rapport au 1er janvier 2009&#8243;. Pour l&#8217;heure, les spécialistes du groupe Barnes sont satisfaits &#8220;certains vendeurs ont besoin de cash et les promoteurs sont prêts à faire des efforts pour achever la commercialisation de leurs buildings&#8221;, ce qui leur aurait permis, dans un immeuble de Manhattan de très bonne qualité et bien situé, de négocier les prix à la baisse de 30% (560.000 dollars pour un studio de 45 m2, 900.000 dollars pour un appartement avec une chambre et 1 million de dollars pour un logement de deux chambres). Mais avec un dollar qui remonte (1,35 euros début janvier) et les bonnes affaires qui se tarissent, la grosse pomme pourrait perdre rapidement de son éclat.</p>
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		<title>Stamp Duty Dropped back</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stamp duty threshold dropped back to £125,000 on 1 January, prompting a rush on mortgage approvals and completed home sales in the final months of 2009.
The government concession, which had temporarily pushed the threshold up to £175,000 for just over a year, had been aimed at halting the rapid slump in the property market.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The stamp duty threshold dropped back to £125,000 on 1 January, prompting a rush on mortgage approvals and completed home sales in the final months of 2009.<br />
The government concession, which had temporarily pushed the threshold up to £175,000 for just over a year, had been aimed at halting the rapid slump in the property market.<br />
This should not put new buyers off though more and more lenders are offering attractive products with a lower deposit required for a first property. The Bank of England has shown no signs of increasing rates in the near term,so this will help existing and new buyers to keep mortgage costs low.<br />
However be prepared to face tougher scrutiny by lenders and make sure your credit file is up to date.Having a bad credit file will make it more difficult for banks and building societies to lend.It is advisable to start monitoring your file for a period of 6 months before starting to apply, this will give the credit agencies time to correct any mistakes or missing information that they have on you. eg could be an old flat mate gone bankrupt that might show as a financial alias to you.</p>
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		<title>Share Ownership Schemes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Government backed scheme, does it really benefit the people who wants to get on the property ladder?
Well I believe that some housing associations are milking it on the rent and the service charge that tenants and leaseholders have to pay.The whole point of this scheme is to have a low rent and a mortgage [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Government backed scheme, does it really benefit the people who wants to get on the property ladder?<br />
Well I believe that some housing associations are milking it on the rent and the service charge that tenants and leaseholders have to pay.The whole point of this scheme is to have a low rent and a mortgage that will enable the 50% owner to buy the other half on a staircasing basis.<br />
Take for example Sheperd&#8217;s Bush Housing Group, on a typical one bedroom flat that cost £300k in Fulham( That is overpriced too), the housing association charges as much rent as the mortgage! Its around £500 a month!! and a mortgage for interest only cost roughly the same.I found it wrong that the rent is so high, most people that buy on the share ownership scheme are key workers or young professionals who try to get on the property ladder, how does the housing association expect those leaseholders to buy the rest of the flat if the rent is so high? And in this current climate civil servants and the rest of the working economy expects only inflation pay rises, so practically impossible to save and buy the rest unless a rich uncle leaves you something behind.</p>
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		<title>Foxtons with the banks</title>
		<link>http://propertiesforlondon.co.uk/2010/01/11/foxtons-with-the-banks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This&#8217;ll bring tears to your eyes: unloved estate agent Foxtons has been taken over by its lenders.
Another indignity for BC Partners, the private equity whizz-kids who took the inspired decision to buy estate agency Foxtons right at the top of the property market: they’ve been forced to cede control of the estate agency to the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This&#8217;ll bring tears to your eyes: unloved estate agent Foxtons has been taken over by its lenders.</p>
<p>Another indignity for BC Partners, the private equity whizz-kids who took the inspired decision to buy estate agency Foxtons right at the top of the property market: they’ve been forced to cede control of the estate agency to the banks, as part of a restructuring deal to slash its debts. If it wasn’t already clear what a stinker of a deal Foxtons was, it certainly is now. But since these unethical financiers and pushy estate agents are considered to be among the chief culprits for the credit crunch, sympathy will probably be in short supply.</p>
<p>For those whose properties are still managed by Foxtons, the business is still being run as per normal and they need not fear about their properties being mismanaged in anyway. The estate agency business is still thriving but on lower profit margins. BC is still the biggest shareholders of the estate agency.</p>
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		<title>Mortgage Lenders increase charges by more than £1,000</title>
		<link>http://propertiesforlondon.co.uk/2010/01/08/mortgage-lenders-increase-charges-by-more-than-1000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeowners in the UK face rising mortgage rates costing up to £1,400 extra a year despite the Bank of England’s base rate freeze.
Many mortgage lenders have raised their standard variable rate since the base rate was set at 0.5 per cent last March. 
Eight building societies have raised their standard variable rate during the freeze.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Homeowners in the UK face rising mortgage rates costing up to £1,400 extra a year despite the Bank of England’s base rate freeze.</p>
<p>Many mortgage lenders have raised their standard variable rate since the base rate was set at 0.5 per cent last March. </p>
<p>Eight building societies have raised their standard variable rate during the freeze.</p>
<p>Mansfield Building Society will become the latest lender to raise its SVR for existing customers, up 0.35 percentage points to 5.59 per cent.</p>
<p>Chief executive Nigel Quinton said part of the blame lay with the difficulty of competing for mortgage and savings customers with banks which have been helped by the taxpayer. </p>
<p>One of the most controversial changes was made by Nationwide which has the best SVR at 2.5 per cent. It changed the rules for customers who have taken out a mortgage with it since April 30 last year. </p>
<p>When their deal ends, they are not allowed to move to the 2.5 per cent rate, but are forced on to one at 3.99 per cent</p>
<p>On another hand, Virgin has made and acquisition of Somerset-based Church House &#8211; cleared by the Financial Services Authority &#8211; gives it the platform to move into deposits and mortgages and boost the scale of the business through further deals. </p>
<p>Sir Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Group, said: “The Church House Trust business offers us a strong platform for growth.“Virgin Money aims to bring simplicity to the UK banking market, which has traditionally been a complex sector.” </p>
<p>Virgin has been known to provide a better deal for customers over the years, the moving into the banking sector will hopefully cut down on all the unnecessary stealth charges being offered by the other bands.</p>
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		<title>Lawrence Ward and Company</title>
		<link>http://propertiesforlondon.co.uk/2010/01/06/lawrence-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Our principal operation is estate agency services and property asset management for residential property within The City of London and adjacent areas.
We have brought together an unrivalled knowledge and understanding of this, one of the world&#8217;s great financial service areas, with a wealth of personal and professional experience which allows us to offer an efficient, [...]]]></description>
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<p>Our principal operation is estate agency services and property asset management for residential property within The City of London and adjacent areas.</p>
<p>We have brought together an unrivalled knowledge and understanding of this, one of the world&#8217;s great financial service areas, with a wealth of personal and professional experience which allows us to offer an efficient, discreet and comprehensive service.</p>
<p>Our business was formed over 10 years ago, initially to provide management and estate agency services to companies and professional investors. We have since developed to expand our services into the general property market and private client work. Despite our steady growth during this time, we still adhere to our original principles: to offer unbiased, straightforward advice, to listen carefully to clients’ requirements and to follow through to provide optimum results.</p>
<p>Lawrence Ward<br />
45 Aldgate High Street<br />
London<br />
EC3N 1AL</p>
<p>Tel: +44 (0)20 7264 1234<br />
Fax: +44 (0)20 7264 1235<br />
Email: info@lawrenceward.co.uk</p>
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