The Market

Your essential five-minute briefing, featuring data, forecasts and analysis from Savills, Hamptons, Benham & Reeves, Foxtons, HMRC, LonRes, Knight Frank & more...

New listings in Q1 were down by 8% on last year's levels, Knight Frank reports.

Council pauses new tax premium for around six months, pending a review.

'10 years of higher stamp duty rates have squeezed out professional refurbishment projects,' says Hamptons.

This week’s ceasefire will support UK housing demand, but mortgage rates are unlikely to drop quickly, explains Knight Frank's resi research boss.

Q1 saw a slight increase in the proportion of open-market £2mn+ property listings that had already secured a buyer.

Anna Tyzack has looked into choices facing former non-doms with homes in London.

The market can return to pre-pandemic normality - but only with more pragmatic, data-driven pricing from vendors and their agents, says PV's country boss.

'The optimism seen earlier in the year has largely faded,' says the RICS, as resi market activity slows.

Easter break shows up in the latest deal stats.

Survey of Christie’s worldwide broker network points to softer demand, improving supply and pricing holding firm across the world's top HNW hubs.

From shifts in pricing and transaction levels to new-build activity, the OBR has released fresh forecasts for how the prime resi market could be affected by 2028's new annual levy.