Lettings

The latest data suggest last week's General Election had little real effect on home-buying and selling activity across London's prime postcodes.

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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.

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.

'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.

Property portal calls for government interventions to help narrow the gap between rental supply and demand.

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.

The sales market is moving 'in line with expectations/established seasonal trends', concludes Propertymark after surveying estate agents across the UK.

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Deal numbers have dwindled further in the capital's prime postcodes.

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Rising supply relative to demand comes as 'a welcome relief to renters, landlords and agents alike', says estate agency.