Lettings
Agency reports ‘record’ super-prime spending in Prime Central London as property market stays ‘surprisingly robust’
Wealthy buyers bought a record £439mn-worth of £10mn+ homes in the first half of this year, reports JLL, contradicting some rival market reports.
Prime London rental market slows after strong start to the year
LonRes recorded an annual decrease of 2.5% in lets agreed and a 5.1% fall in new instructions last month - while rental growth slipped to 0.4%.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Catch up on all the latest movements and commentary in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from LonRes, Rightmove, Beauchamp Estates, Benham & Reeves, HMRC, Foxtons, Savills, Knight Frank…
Prime rental market ‘falls back to pre-pandemic patterns’
Rents are still rising in London and the regions, but Savills warns of 'misalignment' between tenant and landlord expectations.
RICS heralds ‘post-election bounce’ for housing market
Surveyors 'have confidence in the newly elected Labour government,' concludes the Royal Institute as housing market optimism builds.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 27, 2024
The latest data suggest last week's General Election had little real effect on home-buying and selling activity across London's prime postcodes.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Catch up on all the latest movements and commentary in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from Savills, Knight Frank, Propertymark, Foxtons, Rightmove & more...
Analysis: Tom Bill on what a Labour victory means for the UK property market
Watch what the government says over the summer and what it does in its first Budget later this year, advises Knight Frank's UK resi research chief.
Prime London rental value growth slides to three-year low
Almost all tenancies agreed in the last month above £1,000 pw have been below the asking rent or subject to a rent reduction, reports Knight Frank.
Election result ‘will make no difference’ to most landlords, suggests survey
'It is unlikely that landlords will be running for the exits on Friday - no matter what happens', concludes Foxtons after quizzing over 1,000 property investors.
Rightmove warns ‘120,000 rental homes needed for normal price growth’ as rents climb to another record high
Property portal calls for government interventions to help narrow the gap between rental supply and demand.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 26, 2024
While still quieter than in previous years, buying and selling activity in the capital's prime postcodes does not seem to have been massively affected by the imminent General Election.