Lettings

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.

The pace of property demand growth "does appear to be losing a bit of steam and slowing", reports the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, as house prices continue to rise.

Prime London Market Snapshot: The latest data on PCL and POL from Knight Frank.

Following a flurry of activity in Q3, the number of new £5,000-plus per week listings is at its lowest level since Q1 2017.

Average rents in the countryside have risen by 5.5% in the last year, reports Hamptons, while city rents have fallen by 5.3%.