The Market
SDLT receipts rocket as nil-rate threshold doubles
Stamp Duty revenue leapt to a record high in Q3, but the property market is now cooling from its pandemic boom.
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, JLL, Credit Suisse, Savills, London House & more…
Tom Bill: Was the October dip a blip?
Weak UK housing market data in October is not a reliable indicator for what comes next.
Another agency cuts house price forecasts
Strutt & Parker has revised down its 2022 and 2023 house price forecasts as borrowing costs rise.
Build-to-Rent investment has almost doubled in the last year
Nearly £1.2bn was pumped into the UK's build-to-rent sector in Q3, reports Cushman & Wakefield, up from £600mn in the same period last year.
PCL property prices to climb 13.5% over the next five years, predicts Savills, as prime markets out-perform
Savills has updated its five-year property market forecasts, predicting price drops in all regions and sectors in 2023.
The UK’s super-rich headcount fell in 2021, but is set to rocket in the coming years
Only a few nations saw their UHNW population fall last year; the UK was one of them - but Credit Suisse expects the number of dollar millionaires in Britain to surge by nearly two-thirds by 2026, well…
BoE raises interest rates to 3%
The UK's base rate of interest has jumped by 0.75% in the biggest single rise since the 1980s.
James Wyatt: Stratosphere versus Reality
The harsh reality of rising inflation and interest rates mean the Goldilocks era is over, writes James Wyatt.
Charlie Wells: How planning reform could provide a welcome boost for the economy
'I have at least seven clients I have bought houses for who are waiting to press the button on big projects. All of them are waiting on planners for one thing or another.'
Apartments back in vogue in prime London, as pandemic trend reverses
After falling out of favour during the race for space, flat sales have now returned to pre-pandemic levels.
House prices are set for a correction not a crash, says JLL
House prices crashes have been rare in the UK, says JLL's research chief, Marcus Dixon - and average prices have never slumped by more than 20%.