Economics
New home delivery climbs by 13%
The number of EPCs issued across England jumped by 13% in the last year, says Savills, while the number of approved residential planning consents has bounced back
Build-to-Rent, student housing & retirement living present a £700bn investment opportunity says Savills
The value of the UK's "residential operational real estate" sector - combining build-to-rent, senior living and student housing - is set to quadruple, forecasts Savills, hitting £880bn once fully mature …
More than one in ten British adults own multiple properties, claims report
11.2% of the population owns more than one property, says the Resolution Foundation
Peak Performance: Charting the evolution of prime property pricing across global cities
Knight Frank looks at the differential between the average prime property price and the top price achieved in ten global cities over the last five years
Britain’s luxury sector surges in value to £48bn, driven by cars
Walpole suggests that the luxury industry contributed 2.4% of the UK's total GDP in 2017
After its longest property market downturn, Prime London ‘is beginning to find its level’
Property prices in Prime Central London have fallen for the last 19 quarters, but the Savills research team is now spying a return to positive growth -although we're still five years away from a 'normal'…
Mapped: Searching for value in Prime London
Savills: 'As the prime London market shows signs of stabilising, new areas of value are emerging while traditional enclaves retain their premiums'
Brexit & Beyond: Where next for prime property prices?
Savills' Head of Residential Research Lucian Cook considers how the Brexit pendulum will swing, and takes comfort in the longer-term view
The world’s billionaires have seen a ‘significant decrease’ in wealth & numbers
UK billionaires' combined net worth fell by 17% in 2018, reports Wealth-X
Criminal gangs have been laundering billions through Vancouver’s runaway property market
Government of British Columbia faces calls to tighten up its laws as experts warn that at least £3bn was laundered via its real estate market last year, by some of the world's biggest underworld organisations …
New instructions are still falling, but vendors are pricing more realistically
'Although there are signs of greater realism on pricing from vendors, there is little conviction ..
Carrington on Q1: Sliding stamp duty receipts and a Brexit fiasco
SDLT was brought in to cool the market, but this one size-fits-all approach has neither worked for the London market nor the Treasury, says LonRes Chairman William Carrington