Lettings

Some balance is returning in PCL, reports buying agency boss Jo Eccles.

Our weekly LonRes data tell of a Springtime influx of new property listings in the capital's prime postcodes.

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Return to normality continues, but supply levels are still 25% down compared with the same point in 2020.

10% fewer sales have been agreed across the prime London postcodes so far this year than in the same 11-week period in 2023.

'Most landlords leaving the market this year will end up paying more tax than two years ago, not less,' says Hamptons.

The number of homes available to rent has jumped by 30% in the last year, but Hamptons warns the increase 'predominantly reflects the fact that homes are taking a little longer to let, rather than a rise…

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The latest survey of surveyors 'provides some grounds for encouragement around the sales market', says RICS Chief Economist Simon Rubinsohn, although house prices continued to fall in February.

Rental values are retreating as supply builds, reports Knight Frank's UK resi research boss.

Sales activity has picked up across London's prime postcodes, according to the latest weekly LonRes data.

'Landlords must adapt' to new marketing conditions, warns Foxtons, while Chestertons suggests London landlords have 'little option but to start reviewing their prices.'