Central London Estate Agents

Gold has been regarded as the safest place to store your wealth since the days of King Midas. But this could be changing.   Over the last year, the value of gold has slumped by 2.3 per cent. And the value of property in prime central London has risen by more than 8 per cent, according to the latest figures. So is gold as safe as houses? Long term, gold as an investment has been one of the best performing asset classes, with a growth over the last decade of a staggering 379 per cent against 124 per cent for prime London property. But the gold price is increasingly volatile, subject to the mood of billions of small buyers, especially in areas such as India where any financial alarm sends everyone rushing for the reassuring presence of gold in the house. The 2008 crisis saw gold spike in value, only…

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The success of the prime central London property market over the last five years is creating a wave of price rises in nearby areas as people move further afield in search of value. Areas such as St John's Wood, Primrose Hill and Maida Vale, traditionally regarded as outside the prime central London zone, are now developing into an 'outer prime London' market.   Buyers like the large houses, secluded gardens and leafy street scenes in the outer prime area. And at this stage of a developing market, prices per square metre look like excellent value. As a result of this interest, outer prime London prices are expected to be growing by as much as 6.5 per cent a year by 2015, better than the more modest but sustained growth predicted in prime central London for the next couple of years. However, prime central London is expected to start growing substantially…

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