Economics
‘There is a relatively high risk that the UK will experience a recession in the next few years’
Britain's recession-risk has reached a ten-year high, warns The Resolution Foundation; levels last seen in 2007, just before the global financial crash...
Bloomberg rolls out a ‘Housing Bubble Dashboard’
Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden and the UK are all 'vulnerable economies to a correction in house prices', warns Bloomberg
World’s wealthiest take a financial hit, ending seven years of growth
The world's wealthiest individuals lost 3% of their combined net worth in 2018; Britain's HNW set lost 6%
Charting the price of a top 1% home across the UK
'The difference in the cost of the top 1% of homes by region just might come as a surprise,' says Savills' research chief Lucian Cook
Looming global housing slump ‘could cut world growth to a decade low’
Signs of a global house price downturn are already visible, warns Oxford Economics
London needs a £4.9bn annual Government subsidy to deliver enough affordable housing
A new report indicates that London needs a massive seven-fold increase in Government funding to deliver affordable homes
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'…