The Market

Algorithms can easily improve the process of finding the perfect home, says the boss of off-market platform Invisible Homes, so why would the big players leave an open goal like this?

Agreed sales slumped while price reductions jumped following confirmation of increased Stamp Duty rates.

Prices are currently on a 'modestly improving trajectory after oscillating around a more or less flat underling trend for much of the past two years,' reports Acadata.

Quarterly survey reveals a significant decline in short-term loans to save home-mover chain-breaks - suggesting a 'more stable market with fewer disruptions'.

Knight Frank records lowest annual rate since July 2021, as supply levels continue to build.

Garrington's latest housing market sit-rep takes an upbeat view of recent political and economic happenings.

Family office-owned Mera Investment Management spies opportunities from non-dom exit; plans to splash £150mn of private capital on prime property in the next 18 months.

'The mood of the housing market has shifted from trepidation to cautious optimism,' says national estate agency - but Hamptons' longer-term outlook is less bullish than other property market forecasts

Agency reports 'record' high-end deal run in West End hotspot.

Latest available data shows an improving picture across Prime London, but the UK Budget & US Election will both have repercussions in the short- and longer-term, says Knight Frank.

Chelsea & Notting Hill are the top choices for those searching from the States, new data reveals.

Your essential five-minute briefing on the latest movements and commentary, featuring data and analysis from Coutts, Maskells, Hamptons, RFR, Benham & Reeves, Savills, Knight Frank, Rightmove  & more...