The Market
Reuters cuts UK house price forecasts; London tipped for 1.4% fall
Property pundits have downgraded their expectations for the UK housing market.
£11.8bn development wave to reshape West Kensington’s market
New research makes the case for a West Ken renaissance, as a trio of major development projects look set to redraw the local map - and hike property values.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
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Treasury eyes £1.5mn mansion tax threshold as Budget rumours gather pace
UPDATED: Reports suggest Treasury is considering widening the HVCTS net, potentially hitting nearly 300,000 homes.
Asking prices stage Autumn bounce, but London sellers face tough market
The average price tag on a newly-listed home has risen for the first time since May, but Rightmove warns that sellers are competing for buyers in the most crowded market for 12 years.
Knight Frank research boss: UK housing outlook hinges on Middle East tensions
Markets are pricing in multiple rate hikes, but where borrowing costs go next relies heavily on a single unpredictable geopolitical risk, explains Tom Bill.
London super-prime sales haul jumps 72% despite global slowdown
Knight Frank tracked a 'flurry of remarkable sales' in London during Q2, but US$10mn+ transaction volumes dipped slightly.
Property Industry Reactions: Interest rates held at 3.75% for sixth time
But the Bank of England has warned rising inflation means a rate hike is getting more likely.
Overseas companies hold nearly 15,000 property titles in Westminster & RBKC
Land Reg data suggests Prime Central London accounts for more than a third of the capital’s overseas-company-owned property titles.
Ranked: Britain’s fastest & slowest places to get a house sale to exchange in 2026
London buyers face a much longer wait than movers in other regions.
Prime London rents march on as lettings activity slides
Latest LonRes numbers show rental values up 3.8% year-on-year as lets agreed fall by more than a quarter.
‘There are quiet Augusts and then there are quiet Augusts’: Prime London sales hit 18-year low
Latest LonRes numbers point to a particularly slow summer for prime London - but there are signs of life at the top end.