Lettings
Prime outer London market outpacing PCL – Knight Frank
Less than a week after releasing its predictions for the next five years (+24% UK-wide if you missed it), Knight Frank has been updating us on last month's activity in the UK, prime and rental markets.
Forecast Watch 2014: UK, +7%; Prime Outer London, +7%; PCL, +4% – Knight Frank
Knight Frank's take on what will happen to property prices next year falls pretty much in the middle of what everyone else is saying, with property "substantially" out-gunning inflation: +7% for average…
Resi sales sector “taking no notice of the approaching holiday season” – Cluttons
Over a third of tenants actively looking to buy a home are doing so because they are anxious to pre-empt further price rises, says Cluttons in its latest tome
Viewings up 20% but beware of the “zombie market” – D&G
What do you get when you cross a 20% rise in viewings with a 22% decline in available stock? Small but steady price rises, says Douglas & Gordon's Ed Mead in the firm's latest market update..
London prices and transaction levels to rise by 7-10% in 2014 – KFH
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is second out of the gates this year with house price forecasts for 2014, following Hamptons' session with the tea leaves last week (which you can read here)
Transaction volume to rise by 50% by 2018, pointing to a healthier market – Hamptons
“The fixation with house prices as an indicator of housing market recovery is misplaced," says Hamptons' Research Director in the firm's latest market forecast report.
Confidence boosting prime London markets – CBRE
"London’s credentials as a safe haven for investment remain its greatest asset," says Mark Collins in CBRE's Q3 prime London resi market report as sales volumes lift 7% and prices 1.7%
“Real” house prices still 16% below 2008 market peak
It's a "highly regionalised" market across the UK, according to Knight Frank's latest resi market update: average house prices across the country are 5% up on the year, with prime central London showing…
Pickles weighs in on rogue landlords
Eric Pickles has come down hard on "rogue landlords", publishing the first draft of the Tenants' Charter and launching a package of proposals designed to give more rights to private tenants
South London rents rocket
Rental values have shot up across South London over the last three months, according to Benham & Reeves, with development hotspots including Greenwich, Bermondsey and the South Bank outpacing their established c…
Booming private rental sector needs £200bn investment – Savills
The private rented sector is ballooning, with Savills estimating that, by 2018, 5.7 million in England (one in five households) will be renting in the private sector.
International tenants driving London’s rental market
International tenants account for 78% of renters in prime central London, and 56% across the wider capital, according to new research from Hamptons