The Market
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 Savills, Zoopla, the BoE, Knight Frank, LCP & more...
Liam Bailey: Is prime property well placed to weather the storm?
Knight Frank's global research head on the latest themes in property, wealth and investment...
London’s super-prime property market ‘has very much found its feet again’ as transaction levels remain high
Spending on £10mn+ homes in London has reached a seven-year high, leading Knight Frank's Rory Penn to suggest that 'for now, the super-prime market in London has very much found its feet again.'
UK Build-to-Rent sector set to grow 82% by 2028
Institutional investors are piling into the UK's build-to-rent sector, reports Knight Frank, as the firm highlights 15 areas that present particularly strong opportunities for BtR development.
Buyers ‘will pay up to 20% premium for low carbon homes’
'With trends now showing that green residential buildings could generate higher purchase and rental premiums, this could represent a major turning point in the way residential housing may be valued in…
Ranked: Britain’s happiest places to live in 2022
St Ives in Cornwall, Galashiels in Scotland and Woodbridge in Suffolk are the happiest places to live right now, according to Rightmove's annual survey.
Bloomberg: Top London properties owned by Russian oligarchs are frozen in time
New reports investigates the swathe of London’s finest residential and commercial addresses now 'trapped in suspended animation'
‘This is a low volume market’: Only 12 house sales recorded per week in PCL
Rolling 12-month transaction volumes are some of the lowest on record, reports LCP.
Mortgage lending slumps as interest rates rise
The latest Bank of England data shows a sharp drop in mortgage lending and mortgage approvals in the aftermath of the short-lived mini-Budget.
Knight Frank cuts prime global forecast for 2023
Property firm highlights six key trends to watch as it downgrades expectations for prime residential markets across 25 top-tier international cities.
‘House price inflation is losing momentum fast’ as home-buyer demand plunges 44% – Zoopla
"A widespread repricing of housing underway," says Zoopla, as buyer demand sinks and more vendors cut asking prices.
Mapped: The markets most insulated from rising mortgage costs
Prime property markets are relatively insulated from mortgage rate hikes, says Knight Frank - but transaction numbers are still likely to drop-off in the coming years as the wider housing market cools.