The Market
Five Charts: Prime buyer & seller attitudes in Autumn 2026
There are significant challenges but 'commitment to move home remains in positive territory,' concludes Savills after surveying more than 1,000 prospective buyers & sellers.
Chancellor ‘rules out’ lowering mansion tax threshold to £1.5mn
John Healey reportedly rows back on cutting the HVCTS entry point in this month's Budget, following backlash from London MPs.
Dilemma, dilemma: Lucian Cook on the psychology & science of pricing in the current market
Savills' research chief explores the market mechanics and mental gymnastics behind pricing strategies for top-end instructions.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing, featuring data, forecasts and analysis from RICS, Strutt & Parker, Tax Policy Associates, Knight Frank, Savills & more...
Tom Bill on tax-cut promises, mortgage pain & the country house market
Knight Frank's research boss weighs up the latest political pledges, the borrowing squeeze and 'brittle' sentiment among buyers.
‘A significant change’: Primary buyers overtake second-homers in Cornwall’s waterfront market
Agency flags a sea-change in the South West as 'local buyers & those looking to relocate permanently are becoming the dominant force'.
Weekly Showcase: Ten featured prime resi listings
PrimeResi's regular stock check, powered by LonRes
Have PCL property values turned a corner?
Fresh Savills data suggests the pace of decline is easing across prime markets, as buyers & sellers become 'more aligned on price.'
Major developer calls time on London as viability ‘fundamentally broken’
Economic rewards for taking development risk in the capital have 'evaporated,' says housebuilding giant boss.
Tories’ inheritance tax sums come under scrutiny
Analysis suggests proposed reforms could cost almost twice as much as claimed - and put a sizeable dent in the number of £1mn-plus homes coming to market.
Rate fears & Budget jitters deepen top-end housing slowdown – RICS
September's survey of surveyors confirms London remains notably weaker than the national market.
Tories pledge to take family homes out of inheritance tax
Badenoch adds another big-ticket property tax promise to conference agenda, alongside plans to scrap Stamp Duty and Labour’s incoming ‘mansion tax’.