The Market
Deal numbers pick up in Prime London but ‘uncertainty ahead’
There were some positive signs for the sales market last month, reports LonRes, but the top end is still struggling with rising supply and weaker demand.
Required Reading: What does the Renters’ Rights Bill mean for the prime lettings market?
With new regulations on the horizon, Savills has outlined who will be affected & the key changes any landlord or tenant needs to know.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 16, 2025
A predictable holiday slump in agreed sales & new instructions for Easter.
‘The centre of gravity has shifted’: Ranking Europe’s top-performing luxury property markets through the last decade
Key trends revealed in long-term analysis of Knight Frank's Prime International Residential Index.
Scottish politicians float ‘mansion tax’ on £1mn+ homes
A reported amendment to the Scotland's new Housing Bill could mean a 'mansion tax on the biggest & most luxurious houses' as well as higher taxes on overseas buyers.
Renting & buying costs have ‘equalised’, claims estate agency
After surging upward for most of the last three years, the pace of rental growth has been running below wider consumer price inflation for the last five months.
Tom Bill: Financial markets take breather, rates edge lower – but outlook stays unsettled
The tariff turbulence has calmed for now but any downwards pressure on mortgage rates is not guaranteed to last, writes Knight Frank's UK resi research boss.
Mortgage lender reveals ‘blockbuster month’ ahead of SDLT deadline
Barclays Bank's data confirm buyer stampede to beat April's higher property taxes.
New sanctions compliance legislation for all lettings agents is less than a month away
Caroline Walters explains how to get up to speed before next month's important AML changes come into force.
Sales spiked by nearly a quarter in Q1 stamp duty scramble
Exchanges were up by 24% compared to Q1 2024, reports TwentyCi, while new listings hit a seven-year high.
UK house price inflation hits 5.4%
Official index shows continued growth in the average property price, but some parts of the country look to be nursing a 'post-stamp duty hangover'.
‘For the brave, there are real opportunities’: Camilla Dell on buying PCL property in a global financial crisis
'The playing field has changed substantially' for property buyers, says one of London's top buying agents, as she explores why Trump's tariff-induced international economic turbulence feels different to…