Lettings

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.'

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Reports of a big deal surge at the top-end of the London property market bely a quiet picture across the capital's prime postcodes.

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13% fewer sales were recorded across prime London’s postcodes in the first two months of this year than in the same eight-week period last year.

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It's still quiet out there, but deal numbers have picked up in prime London in the last week.

Foxtons heralds 'a shift towards a more realistic lettings market, characterised by higher supply levels and less inflated demand.'

New legislation is in the works that will require owners to secure change of use consent for short-term rental properties in England.