The Market
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing on the latest market movements & commentary, featuring data and analysis from Hamptons, Rightmove, Savills, Knight Frank, RICS, Acadata, Benham & Reeves & more...
Asking price growth eases as buyer choice builds – Rightmove
'Some of the steam is coming out of new sellers’ price expectations to fit the changing market conditions,' says property portal.
Ranked: Where sales stock levels have increased most in the last year
Nearly every part of England has more homes on the market now than at this time last year.
Letter from the country: Old chestnuts & bottomless money pits
Spring is around the corner and more sellers are emerging, but three quarters of existing stock is still overpriced, reports West Sussex & Hampshire buying agent Jennie Hancock.
Buyer demand dips but surveyors remain upbeat – RICS
Growth in buyer demand has 'lost a bit of momentum', says the RICS - but most property agents expect things to pick up later in the year.
‘Signs of life’ in England & Wales housing market, but situation ‘deteriorating’ in London & the South East
A whole combination of factors - including stretched affordability, mortgage rates & non-dom changes – are acting to restrain prices in the capital, reports Acadata.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 6, 2025
Nearly 50% more sales listings have seen asking price cuts so far in 2025 than in the first six weeks of 2024.
Resi developers ramp up land buying activity
'We're seeing encouraging signs in the land market,' says Knight Frank; 'housebuilders are entering 2025 with a little more optimism compared to this time last year.'
Tentative stability in UK housing market as spring approaches – Knight Frank
Supply is building but buyers remain hesitant as economic risks linger, explains the agency's Tom Bill.
Average service charge bills jumped 11% last year
Service charges have outpaced inflation to become many leaseholders' biggest household bill after the mortgage, says Hamptons.
Ranked: London’s most active prime property markets in 2024
SW6 & SW3 saw more £2mn+ sales than any other prime London postcodes last year.
Government sets out plan to ‘streamline the cumbersome home buying process so that it is fit for the 21st century’
The Housing Ministry is aiming for 'a fully digitalised home buying and selling process.'