The Market

The frenetic conditions of the last 18 months look to be calming down, but rental growth is still high by historical standards.

'The gap between prime buyer and seller price expectations have widened,' warns Savills, as top-end house prices prove resilient.

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Knight Frank has tucked away five 'outstanding' sales in St James's in recent weeks.

'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...

A pair of development opps near Buckingham Palace fetched well over their guide price at the firm's latest live-streamed event.

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.

London estate agency reports a fall in demand for both prime and super-prime homes in the capital through Q1.

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.

A proposed deadline to require all rental homes to achieve an EPC grade of C or above may be pushed back...

But approvals are still running a third below their pre-pandemic average.

Gross investment in Scottish estates dipped in 2022 as £1mn+ activity refocused to urban centres - but country estate prices remain at historically high levels.