PCL transaction volumes hit a five-year high
‘The full force of the demand that has built up over the last year will only be felt once international travel restrictions are relaxed’, says Knight Frank.
Newquay named Britain’s hottest sellers’ market
Rightmove has ranked the ten hottest buyers’ and sellers’ markets in Britain, based on the proportion of this year’s property listings that have already sold subject to contract.
Domus Nova launches top-end short-let sister brandÂ
Domus Stay promises to “open the doors to some of London’s most outstanding homes for short-term rentals.”
Grosvenor & JLL sustainability chiefs take on UK climate ambassador roles
Top names from the UK property industry join built environment panel set up ahead of the United Nations COP26 summit.
London was the biggest super-prime sales market in the world last year
Elite buyers dropped nearly US$4bn on $10m-plus properties in the UK capital in 2020, putting it ahead of traditional rivals New York and Hong Kong in the luxury real estate stakes.
Mapped: London’s leafiest suburbs
As the race for green space continues, new analysis shows the areas with the highest density of trees in the capital.
Landlord property sales drop to a seven-year low
131,900 buy-to-let homes were sold-off by investors in 2020, says Hamptons; the lowest number since 2013.
When the Wind(fall) Blows: Controversial commercial-to-residential permitted development rights, explained
Last week’s expansion of permitted development rights on high streets came as “a bit of shock”, says Roy Pinnock, a partner in the Planning & Public Law team of the world’s biggest law firm, Dentons. Changes announced by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick open up many more commercial properties for residential conversion without the need for full-fat planning permission. Here Pinnock explains what the new PD proposals are, and what’s not to like about them…
Why March 2021 was a record-breaker for the UK property market
The number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in ten years, notes Tom Bill – and the stamp duty holiday was only partly responsible…
Property market gained ‘significant impetus’ in March – RICS
The consensus amongst surveyors is that renewed property market momentum following the extension of the Stamp Duty holiday will be “sustained over the near term.”