Economics
London’s Red Squares: Exploring the capital’s hotspots for HNW Russian property buyers
"An attraction of the UK as a whole for Russian buyers was that they felt their assets were safe here," says estate agency boss Mark Pollack.
Monday Market Review: 14th Feb 2022
PrimeResi's weekly summary of key property market stories and indices.
BoE raises interest rates, with more increases on the way
Bank of England projections anticipate that the base interest rate will rise to "around 1.5% by the middle of 2023".
UK housing value tops £8 trillion after record surge
2021's increase of £804 billion was the largest ever recorded, reports Savills
Global resi investment outstripped offices for the first time last year
Total investment volumes bounced back 'very strongly' in 2021, reports Savills, as more funds looked to get into real estate
Lucian Cook on house price forecasts: Deciphering the messages in 2022
Savills' head of residential research reflects on how forecasters translate actions and events into numbers and trends to come up with property market predictions for the year ahead.
Tom Bill: Four things to watch for the UK property market in 2022
Knight Frank's UK resi research boss runs through the key factors that could affect the trajectory of the market over the next 12 months...
UK Residential Property Market: 2021 in numbers
Knight Frank presents the 12 numbers of 2021...
SDLT receipts hit highest level since 2017
A massive £11.44bn has been taken by HMRC so far this year - and last month’s total was still well up on pre-pandemic levels
December’s rate hike makes January a unique opportunity for borrowers
Lenders get hit with new targets at the beginning of the year and CEOs will want to make hay while the going is good, writes Alex Ogario
BoE nudges interest rates up to 0.25%
"The rise has been a long time coming, and with inflation now at decade high levels, there really is little alternative," comments Strutt & Parker, while Knight Frank Finance says "it’s clear that the…