Current Climate & Communication
1st April 2020
We believe it's important to stay in communication during what is a difficult time for everyone, whilst remaining mindful that this will be affecting everyone in different ways.
News, views, stories and property talk from Middleton.
Our advisors are experts in the field of prime property, and we are regularly asked by national media to comment on the market, trends and other factors that influence property buying and selling decisions. Read extracts from the property media and our own property intelligence reports below. If you are looking to buy, sell or hold property in London or the country contact any of our property advisors here.
The Sunday Times: 'why would you sell your house off-market?'
12th December 2019
The Times and Sunday Times (paywall) are reporting that off-market transactions have virtually doubled in the last ten years. They asked Middleton's Mark Parkinson why so many more properties are changing hands in this way.
Commuter homes in the Chilterns
12th November 2019
The Chilterns area is a star choice for commuters, says the Evening Standard Homes & Property section, with comment from Middleton's Mark Parkinson.
Crossrail is bringing a number of country towns within a realistic commute of London.
8th November 2019
According to Anna Tyazck in Country Townhouse magazine one of the towns benefiting from the completion of Crossrail is Hungerford, which has become something of a prime residential property hot spot. The promise of Crossrail has prompted a wave of London leavers to look at the area.
What exactly is a townhouse? City AM explains
4th November 2019
The recent launch of 13 ‘townhouses’ got London’s business-focused newspaper, City AM and Middleton's Mark Parkinson, discussing what exactly is a ‘townhouse’.
Bricks & Mortar, 4 October 2019
4th October 2019
The super-luxury Chelsea Barracks development started almost 10 years ago in what was then, at £959 million, Britain's biggest property deal. Now, close to completion and with 70 per cent of the first three phases already sold, the development is back in the news. The Times asked the head of Middleton's London office, Mark Parkinson for his view.
Janine Stone, 19 September 2019
30th September 2019
Higher value properties are often sold without any marketing, or public visibility at all. Middleton partner Tom Hudson was asked for this thoughts on the subject by Janine Stone & Co for an article about 'Buying a Home Off Market'.
The Daily Telegraph, 29 August 2019
2nd September 2019
New-style orangeries, designed to be a principal reception room, can add serious value - in both financial and lifestyle terms - to your home, say the property experts, including Middleton's Tom Hudson in the Daily Telegraph.
Country Life: land of bees and honey.
27th August 2019
Keeping bees has positive ecological consequences, according to the British Beekeepers Association which runs bee-keeping courses and provides information.
The Times on: your guide to owning an unusual house.
9th August 2019
Ever thought you might like to live in a cave? According to The Times there are more such properties available than you might have imagined – including around 45,000 in the Loire Valley of France.
The Times on: earning extra income from your home.
9th August 2019
According to The Times an increasing number of buyers are looking at the price and value of houses and taking into account ways in which the property can earn back some income.
The Sunday Times, 28th July 2019
28th July 2019
According to the Sunday Times, 340,000 people left London in 2018. ‘Many are looking to live near clubs with exclusive London-style facilities, and these can be a key factor in encouraging people to move to certain areas’. Middleton’s Adam Buxton, quoted in the Sunday Times article, says that these sought-after types of club can add 10 percent to the value of nearby prime residential property.