Lettings
Carrington: It could be a long winter for the resi sales market
Currently, none of the main political parties have a coherent strategy, and this uncertainty is not helping the market at all, says Lonres Chairman William Carrington...
Demand from overseas buyers plummets across prime central London
The latest Lonres Survey of Agents - essential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in prime property - has confirmed the slowdown in central London's resi sales market since the beginning…
‘Insatiable’ demand for three-bed rentals – Strutt & Parker
Tenants are displaying an 'insatiable' demand for three-bedroomed apartments in central London at the moment, says Strutt & Parker.
Home Counties rents rise – a bit – for first time in two years
Despite dropping a touch in Q3, rental values in the Home Counties have increased on an annual basis for the first time since June 2012, says Knight Frank.
It's not a big increase: 0.
Buy-to-let Index launches; shows that ‘BTL is not always a great investment’
EC3, WC1 and WC2 are the top three postcodes in the UK for buy-to-let investors, reveals LendInvest in its inaugural Buy-To-Let Index.
Foxtons suffers as sales volumes slump
The second half of this year "will be significantly below levels during the same period last year" warns Foxtons, as its Q3 turnover drops.
British renters come home to prime Surrey
UK nationals have overtaken US tenants as the dominant force in Virginia Water and Wentworth's rental market for the first time in three years, according to stats from local agent Barton Wyatt.
Capco’s Covent Garden prime rental play
Capco has made its first foray into the luxury rental market in Covent Garden, with a new scheme on Southampton Street.
Housing market is ‘not going to be back to normal until the end of the decade’
London's housing landscape is "not going to be back to normal until the end of the decade," argued a top housing professor yesterday.
Henry VIII’s palatial Surrey tower looks for a new tenant
The only surviving remnant of the Royal Palace of Esher has become available to rent for £15k a month.
‘Persuading a buyer to spend rather than just look is proving more difficult than it has for at least 5 years’ – D&G
Prices above £2m have stalled, concurs Douglas & Gordon, but argues that we may not have to wait until May to see them rise again...
FORECAST: +3.5% for UK house prices next year, but 0% for PCL – Knight Frank
Average UK house prices will rise by 3.