Agents predict festive ‘surge’ in home-buying activity
Post-Budget clarity sets up a busy few months for the UK housing market.
Zoopla cuts house price forecast despite ‘surge’ in market activity
'Low house price inflation is not a bad thing,' says property portal - 'so long as there is enough market confidence for people to list their homes and make bids to buy homes'
‘We expect a minor reduction in property values at worst’: Jackson-Stops agents predict 5% price drops for some local markets in 2024
'The only thing that is certain is uncertainty,' notes Jackson-Stops chairman Nick Leeming, sagely, after polling property market predictions from estate agents around the country.
‘We’re confident 2025 will remain buoyant’: Analysts predict 1.18mn resi transactions this year
7% more sales have been recorded so far this year compared to 2024, reports TwentyEA, as 'strong growth continues across supply and demand'.
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Knight Frank begins redundancy consultation process
Agency says fewer than 3% of its UK workforce could be affected.
The Great Fragmentation: New data charts super-prime London’s shift from two-agency dominance to a field of fifty
Exclusive: Analysis of 70 £10mn-plus sales confirms a striking shift in how PCL's biggest deals are being brokered.
London Square buys 800-home Earl’s Court scheme
Aldar-owned developer completes another significant resi acquisition in SW London.
Record deal sealed on Pimlico’s St George’s Square
Rare freehold townhouse changes hands at close to £10mn asking.
Burnham’s rise revives the big property tax question
The former Manchester Mayor and Prime Ministerial hopeful has been a long-standing advocate of a Land Value Tax to replace Stamp Duty.
First Look: Albion Nord completes £6.7mn show home at Bishops Avenue Gardens
Arts & Crafts meets luxury living in first apartment to be unveiled at new Billionaires' Row scheme.
Salboy launches fourth central London scheme
Studio Power has designed the ten-apartment scheme in Camden for Salboy & Forge Homes.
‘Bold buyers snap up deals’: Super-prime agent calls for ‘the end of caution’ in PCL
'Decisive buyers are dominating,' says Peter Wetherell, following a five-day five-deal run worth nearly £25mn.
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Referrals lead the way for prime buyer enquiries, survey finds
Industry relationships are becoming increasingly important as activity goes 'off-portal', says AgentWise.
Part-complete luxury resi project near Buckingham Palace offered for £35mn
Rare PCL development play 'ready for immediate start on site'.
Mapped: Which parts of London face the greatest subsidence risk?
Latest British Geological Survey projections point to central and northern boroughs as future hotspots, with potential implications for key housing markets.
Renters’ Rights Act yet to shift London market, says Foxtons
May was the first full month with the Renters' Rights Act in force, says estate agency, 'and the most remarkable thing is how little changed.'
Moveli adds Bristol new homes specialist
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