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The London property market continues to tick along relatively robustly – and here’s why…
An awful lot of buyers who, having expected prices to fall like an anvil out of a window in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, are finding the choice of houses disappointing and prices far firmer than they had hoped,…
PCL market gathering momentum as investors come off the sidelines – LCP
Latest update from London Central Portfolio shows a 37.9% jump in quarterly transactions - the biggest such rise in over two years...
High & Mighty: Touring the world’s record-breaking ‘super-penthouses’
List Sotheby's International Realty surveys the rarefied market for top-floor apartments measuring 10,000 square feet or more, revealing the biggest deals over the last five years, and the most spectacular…
On the increasing trend for rural diversification
Country buying agent Jess Simpson reports on an upsurge in demand for farms and land with the opportunity for diversification, and explains the impact of the Agricultural Bill’s new system to reward…
Premiums and price growth in the UK’s top seaside hotspots
Jackson-Stops & Zoopla record premiums of 171% and 86% in perennial coastal favourites Salcombe and Aldeburgh, while Kentish hotspots outperform in terms of five-year growth
Resi transactions slide 11.3% annually
HMRC's provisional seasonally-adjusted transaction count came in at 89,810 last month, down 6.4% on April and by 11.3% on May 2018
FT: Is now the right time to buy property in London?
The Financial Times does a deep dive to find out if the London property market is really bottoming out
Price declines slow down in London – UK HPI
Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.4% in the 12 months to April 2019, down from 1.6% in March 2019
Cluttons forecasts a ‘rush of supply’ in London, limiting future price growth
'There’s effectively three years’ worth of people who haven’t put their house on the market, creating a "Brexit bottleneck" which will lead to a sharp correction when they do'
‘It is far too early to predict any form of bounce in the London market’ – Garrington
"Whilst the property market has been buffeted over recent months, there is growing evidence to suggest conditions are normalising," says national buying agency Garrington in its latest market review, which…
Market Snapshot: Marylebone
The latest data on £psf values, transaction volumes and the highest prices achieved in one of PCL's trendiest hotspots...
Zoopla calls the bottom of the London property market; southern regions to see further falls
The capital's three-year 'repricing process' is coming to an end, says Zoopla's top analyst Richard Donnell - but London's slowdown has now rippled out to higher-value markets across Southern England…