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59,000 ‘lost’ deals: Estimating the financial cost of lockdown to the estate agency sector

28th Jul 2020 06:43

The UK’s Covid-19 lockdown caused a dramatic slump in the number of new instruction and sales agreed, reports Twenty EA, but property exchanges appear to have been more resilient.

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Covid-19’s impact on global property markets ‘will likely be less than in the global financial crisis’

23rd Jul 2020 07:50

by PrimeResi

“A full house price crash [is] a distinct possibility,” warns Oxford Economics as it assesses the potential fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on global markets. But “a much more likely scenario is sideways movement or a modest price correction even in the most overpriced markets.”

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OBR revises housing market forecasts in light of Covid-19

16th Jul 2020 07:57

by PrimeResi

Three scenarios for house prices and transactions volumes over the next five years have been presented by the Office for Budget Responsibility – an Upside, a Central, and a Downside.

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Economists predict ‘a slow recovery in activity, but a relatively benign outcome for house prices’

13th Jul 2020 11:09

by PrimeResi

House prices are likely to fall by 7% as a result of Covid-19, predicts Oxford Economics – but the risks are “heavily skewed” towards much, much bigger price falls of almost 40%…

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Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty cut is not about helping first-time buyers, but shoring up the whole UK economy

13th Jul 2020 07:02

by PrimeResi

“Property prices are critical to UK prosperity,” writes Professor Alexander Tziamalis. “Britain should arguably wean itself off its property addiction, but for now the chancellor has tried to sustain confidence in an asset class that accounts for most of the country’s wealth.”

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Covid-19 has created ‘a clear burning platform’ for a UK wealth tax

3rd Jul 2020 07:37

by PrimeResi

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‘We can see the first green shoots of a recovery’: Mishcon’s James Liffen on the current state of the property market

3rd Jul 2020 06:10

by James Liffen

“We can see the first green shoots of a recovery,” writes James Liffen of Mishcon de Reya as he takes stock of the property sector’s current situation, “but think it may be some time before the prime and super prime markets show the levels of activity that we saw in January and February of this year.”

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London

How the super-rich conquered London

29th May 2020 08:10

by Rowland Atkinson

London is an “Alpha City”, declares Professor Rowland Atkinson. In this long read, he explores how PCL has become “a climate controlled place of comfort and support” for the world’s super-rich, and what that means for wider society…

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National

Valuation Viewpoint: A debt deflationary vortex?

19th May 2020 06:57

by James Wyatt

The coronavirus has exposed an underlying weakness within the world economy, and it will be several weeks before we find out the impact on the market, writes James Wyatt…

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Why a ‘U-shaped’ recovery is more likely than a post-lockdown boom

15th May 2020 09:05

by Charlie Ellingworth

Charlie Ellingworth and the Property Vision team take a measured look at what the Covid-19 recovery could look like for the UK’s economy and real estate sector.

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London

Beauchamp MD joins BoE’s advisory panel

13th May 2020 06:56

by PrimeResi

Mayfair-based boutique agency to provide regular updates on the UK resi market as part of the bank’s Decision Maker Panel, set up in 2016 to help shape post-Brexit economic policy

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Significant wealth tax hikes ‘should now be very firmly on the UK policy agenda’

23rd Apr 2020 07:33

by PrimeResi

“Low-hanging” wealth & property taxes could rise to cover Covid-19 costs, suggests a political economist Professor Richard Murphy.

59,000 ‘lost’ deals: Estimating the financial cost of lockdown to the estate agency sector

Covid-19’s impact on global property markets ‘will likely be less than in the global financial crisis’

OBR revises housing market forecasts in light of Covid-19

59,000 ‘lost’ deals: Estimating the financial cost of lockdown to the estate agency sector

Covid-19’s impact on global property markets ‘will likely be less than in the global financial crisis’

OBR revises housing market forecasts in light of Covid-19

Economists predict ‘a slow recovery in activity, but a relatively benign outcome for house prices’

Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty cut is not about helping first-time buyers, but shoring up the whole UK economy

Covid-19 has created ‘a clear burning platform’ for a UK wealth tax

‘We can see the first green shoots of a recovery’: Mishcon’s James Liffen on the current state of the property market

How the super-rich conquered London

Valuation Viewpoint: A debt deflationary vortex?

Why a ‘U-shaped’ recovery is more likely than a post-lockdown boom

Beauchamp MD joins BoE’s advisory panel

Significant wealth tax hikes ‘should now be very firmly on the UK policy agenda’

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