Jo Eccles News Today

It’s sleek and sporty – and, oh go on, sexy – with sensual curves and the calibre of craftsmanship you expect from one of the world’s most desirable car marques. The earliest models will be delivered in early 2025, but if you put your name down to test drive one in the UK later this year, you will find it’s a multi-sensory experience, thanks to premium surround sound and light systems, along with a pleasant heat and smell experience.

Whether you’re a first-time buyer or a seasoned house mover, searching for a new property can be a daunting undertaking, and there is a great deal of financial and emotional pressure riding on getting the purchase right.

Susie and her husband James appeared to be living the dream. They welcomed two lively young children and, a few years ago, the couple bought a beautiful cottage in a chocolate-box village in the West Country with a “rock-bottom mortgage interest rate”.

Rising borrowing costs, economic uncertainty and the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation have driven a slowdown in overall UK house sales.

Jo Eccles is the founder and Managing Director of Eccord, which specialises in acquiring and managing residential properties in prime central London. For 17 years she has sourced and acquired prime and super prime properties on behalf of private individuals and families and her firm also oversees £1.5bn of residential property on behalf of one-off and portfolio landlords. Described as a “superstar woman in property”, Jo is one of the leading authorities on the luxury residenti...

As the price of renovations soars, many are languishing on the market. We do the maths to work out if you should put in the effort

Jo Eccles is the founder and managing director of Eccord, which specialises in acquiring and managing residential properties in prime central London. For 17 years she has sourced and acquired prime and super prime properties on behalf of private individuals and families, and her firm also oversees £1.5bn of residential property on behalf of one-off and portfolio landlords.

The current property market is incredibly fragmented and there are lots of mixed messages, with certain reports and price indices showing price rises, others showing falls and some experts formally calling the bottom of the market.

Squeezed for space in prime real estate, developers are transforming corporate boardrooms, department stores and offices.

Minutes from Parliament at Westminster, 9 Millbank used to be the headquarters of Imperial Chemical Industries, formerly the largest manufacturer in Britain, which once made products such as the acrylic plastic Perspex. Now brokers are ushering high-net-worth clients, titans of industries and finance executives through the building to see apartments like one called the Gainsborough—listed for £18…