The Market
Taking the long view: Why the right property is more important than the right timing
Prime property consultancy Middleton Advisors has teamed up with real estate researcher Yolande Barnes to consider a dilemma facing some current buyers: Is now a good time to buy?
Could these turn out to be Labour’s housing policies?
Draft policy handbook might form the basis of the party's general election manifesto.
Average rent outside London tops £1k PCM for the first time
'Affordability constraints will likely hit the brakes on rental growth at some point this year,' says Hamptons - but the estate agency warns 'it’s unlikely to slow considerably due to the number of landlords…
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, Coutts, Savills, Rightmove, Zoopla, TwentyCi, LonRes & more...
Supply of new homes ‘hangs in balance’ as development activity drops-off
New data reveals a big drop in the number of completions, and permissions running well below the levels required to meet demand.
Abrahmsohn on the thorny issue of housing
They're not making any more of it and the little that exists isn’t being built upon, says veteran agent Trevor Abrahmsohn.
Hong Kong buyers ‘dominate’ overseas property ownership in England & Wales
A Freedom of Information request has revealed which nationalities are most active in the British property market.
Property industry reactions: Interest rates rise to 4.5%
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has raised the base rate of interest again, by 0.25% to 4.5%.
London’s super-prime market returns to pre-Brexit heights as wealthy buyers splash over £3bn on £10mn+ homes
Political uncertainty now creeping in again after top-end market enjoys best year since 2016.
Record year for top-end country sales
Knight Frank records highest number of top-end deals outside London in 15 years as buyer demand holds up.
Global luxury property market index turns negative for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis
Top-end property values are now falling in 16 of the 46 markets tracked by Knight Frank's Prime Global Cities Index, and 'downward pressure' is expected to continue for the next few quarters.
Property market ‘remains weak’ but the outlook steadies – RICS
Surveyors reported a dip in home-buyer demand last month, but most other property market indicators continue to improve from last year's low-point.