The Market
Foreign buyer numbers fall in PCL
Overseas buyers accounted for 39% of purchases in Prime Central London last year, down from 55% in 2018.
The UK’s total housing value hit a record high in 2022 – but that’s likely to be ‘a high watermark for a few years’
Significant house prices gains over the last few years have favoured more owner-occupiers than landlords, suggests Savills.
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Property market ‘stagnation is the most likely path for the next few years’, warn analysts
The Rowntree Foundation has made a series of new policy suggestions, including restricting property investment purchases in some areas.
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Agency reports surge in domestic buyers returning to PCL
UK purchasers are now in the majority in London's most exclusive neighbourhoods, reports London Central Portfolio.
Lack of permissions to hit new-build pipeline after bumper year
252,500 new homes were completed in 2022, the second-highest figure since the Global Financial Crisis.
Seven Trends: Global super-rich are ‘adapting to uncertainty yet bullish on real estate’
'The theme of 2023 is adaptability', concludes Luxury Portfolio International after polling a cross-section of the world's wealthiest home-buyers.
New housing developments must deliver a ‘positive benefit to nature’ from November
New 'Biodiversity Net Gain' requirements for property developments are coming soon, to improve wildlife habitats and help slow species decline across the UK.
Lloyds cuts house prices forecast, anticipating a 7% drop this year
House prices will fall farther than expected, suggests mortgage lender, as borrowers struggle with rising costs.
Pick of the Postcodes: Which neighbourhoods are driving the PCL market right now?
Buyers have been honing on on Bayswater & St John's Wood in search of relative value and the right type of stock, reports boutique agency.
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Rising interest rates are causing buyers to be more mindful of the associated costs when transacting, according to Savills.