The Market
View from the country: Glorious gardens are coming into their own
While the London property market hit the ground running at the start of the year, the country market takes longer to bloom, says Charlie Wells...
Resi planning permissions fall to lowest level since 2012
8% fewer residential planning applications were granted in 2022 than in 2021.
Spring buying season begins with ‘more of a whimper than a bang’
London buying agents expect most of the action will be happening off-market in the coming weeks.
PCL rents have risen by 27% since the onset of the pandemic
The frenetic conditions of the last 18 months look to be calming down, but rental growth is still high by historical standards.
Prime property price growth ‘stabilises’ across London and the country
'The gap between prime buyer and seller price expectations have widened,' warns Savills, as top-end house prices prove resilient.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Catch up on all the latest movements and commentary in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from Knight Frank, Savills, Benham & Reeves, Foxtons, the Brookings Institution & more...
Agency reports £100mn deal flurry in historic London neighbourhood
Knight Frank has tucked away five 'outstanding' sales in St James's in recent weeks.
‘Reassuringly uneventful’: Stability returns to the prime London market, for now
'Some will be reassured by the current period of uneventfulness and take it as an opportunity to act', suggests Knight Frank, but this rare window of calm is unlikely to last...
Higher-value lots in demand at auction, says Savills
A pair of development opps near Buckingham Palace fetched well over their guide price at the firm's latest live-streamed event.
Brand Designs: Dubai & London lead EMEA’s ‘extraordinary’ branded residence boom
The branded residential development sector is set 'to continue its extraordinary growth', say Savills and Knight Frank - with Dubai and London leading the way in the EMEA region.
Drop-off in PCL buyer demand is ‘a temporary dip’, says estate agency
London estate agency reports a fall in demand for both prime and super-prime homes in the capital through Q1.
Home-buyer demand has fallen 22% in the last year
Just over four in ten (42.6%) homes listed for sale in England in Q1 had already found a buyer, down 5.7% in the last quarter and 21.6% in the last 12 months.