Lettings

The 'escape to the country' trend is not the only way Covid-19 is changing tenant behaviour, writes Tom Bill...

"The volume of households moving through the homemover funnel" has reached "unparalleled levels", says research firm Twenty Ci.

The latest Hamptons index tells us that the national rate of rental price inflation ticked up sharply towards the end of 2020. The annual rate jumped from 1.4% in October to 4.1% in December.

Housing market activity continues to rise but momentum is easing, according to the latest survey of Chartered Surveyors.

Rents have been tumbling across the capital's prime districts recently, but not in this one...

A pair of super-prime new-build glass houses in Mayfair have been rented long-term by European tenants for a combined £17,000 a week.

Property portal Rightmove has recorded its busiest ever start to a new year, with visits to the site up 30% compared to the same period in 2020.

Dexters plans to open six new estate agency branches in London this year, as it forecasts strong growth in both prime sales and lettings markets.

Prime Outer London has seen less significant price drops than central areas, reports Knight Frank.

HNWI are increasingly opting to rent their ultra-prime residences instead of buying them, according to this report by the venerable society magazine...

Landlords accounted for one in every six agreed sales last month, as investors rush to take advantage of the Stamp Duty holiday in a small-scale re-run of 2016.

Propertymark reports that 2020 saw more home-buyers register and more sales agreed per estate agency branch than any other year of the last decade.