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Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 18, 2025
Supply builds as few sales agreed over the Easter holidays.
‘Surprisingly resilient’: London’s high-end property market holds firm despite economic headwinds
£5mn-plus deals were flowing in the first quarter of 2025, but Savills warns that the impact of global volatility is likely to play out more significantly in the coming months.
Tom Bill: ‘Wexit’ weighs on demand in Prime London markets
Average prices in PCL fell 1.6% in the year to April amid ongoing uncertainty around tax changes, reports Knight Frank's head of UK resi research.
Prime global cities index: Price growth holds steady as outlook becomes more uncertain
Asia-Pacific & the Middle East continue to lead the recovery, reports Knight Frank, but it's a mixed picture across Europe's key luxury markets.
Industry Reactions: HMRC data confirm March property sales surge
Official numbers suggest a 104% year-on-year spike in residential sales in the run-up to the end of the Stamp Duty 'holiday'.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 17, 2025
A lumpy sales market in the capital as deal numbers dwindle following a late-March surge.
‘We’re still on course for a 5% uplift in sales volumes in 2025’ – Zoopla
Fresh property portal data indicate house price growth is losing momentum, but buying & selling activity remains higher than last year.
Philip Harvey: Why the wealthy are voting with their feet
'Most of the demand we’re seeing now is less about "going somewhere"...it’s more about clients wanting to leave something behind,' writes Property Vision's senior partner.
HMRC Research: Why overseas buyers choose UK property
The UK 'was seen as a safe investment, particularly amongst those buying high value properties,' conclude researchers after quizzing nearly 300 non-UK resident buyers five years ago.
UK property becoming safe haven by default – Knight Frank
The government has sent the wrong message by scrapping non-dom status, but any negativity has been dwarfed by the wider commotion on global financial markets this month, explains the agency's Tom Bill.
Sales activity climbs, but prime regional property markets ‘remain price sensitive’
The latest Savills index suggests top-end home values outside London have dipped by -1.1% in the last year.
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