Sales
£68.8bn-worth of homes were sold in the first half of this year
London's NW3 is the most valuable postcode of the year so far, with £262.5m-worth of residential property changing hands.
Ranked: Top ten London boroughs for bargain hunters
Buyers in search of a hefty discount should head to Lambeth, Hammersmith & Fulham, Camden, RBKC and Wandsworth, suggests London agency.
Londoners buy a record number of homes outside the capital
London leavers bought 85% more homes outside the capital in the first half of this year than in H1 2019.
Pandemic fuels the ‘broadest global house price boom in two decades’
The annual rate of house price inflation across the OECD group of rich nations hit 9.4% in Q1 2021 - a 30-year high.
Sales rates pick up across GB, but fewer than half of London listings find a buyer
In a typical year, only around half of properties listed for sale on Rightmove successfully find a buyer. That has jumped to nearly 70% in the last year or so.
Mortgage lending reaches a record high
Net mortgage borrowing reached an all-time high of £17.9 billion in June, according to the Bank of England - smashing the previous record, set in March 2021, of £11.5bn.
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Competitive bidding pushes Scottish property prices up
“It’s been an extraordinary period and I’ve never experienced anything like it," says Tom Stewart-Moore, head of Knight Frank’s rural business in Scotland.
London buyers are paying 91% of asking prices, on average
Capital-wide figure in Q2 was up 6% on Q1
Country house prices climb higher as stock shortage persists
Knight Frank expects the country market to remain hectic through the Summer.
‘We see nothing on the horizon that would trigger a major house price correction’ – Savills
Savills has upgraded its 2021 UK house price inflation forecast, bumping it from 4% to 9% - although the five year outlook remains largely unchanged from March's predictions, with research chief Lucian…
World cities see prime property prices rise at fastest rate since 2016
"The prime residential sector is likely to remain strong through the rest of the year," says Savills in its latest World Cities Index.