The Market
Estate agency heralds ‘good news for London renters’ as lettings supply improves
Chestertons has nearly a third more rental stock on its books now than at this time last year - but tenant demand is still running hot.
New short-let rules floated, requiring planning permission for holiday rentals
The government is pressing on with plans to regulate the holiday rental market, suggesting a new planning use class for short-term rentals, and a register of to keep track of them.
Property market ‘remains downbeat overall’ – RICS
Surveyors expect the weak sales market to continue for 'a while longer', before more stability returns.
Agreed sales tally recovers to pre-pandemic levels
Rightmove's latest data points to a return to some kind of normalcy for the property market...
Farmland values hit record high as investors pile in
Private and institutional investors bought a third of all the farms sold in 2022 – the highest level for at least a decade - and there's no sign of demand weakening.
‘The second half of 2023 is likely to be stronger than the first’ – Hamptons
Property market metrics are moving back towards 2019 levels, says up-market estate agency, as the latest data shows one in ten £1mn+ homes finds a buyer within a week of hitting the market.
10 Years of ATED: On the past, present & future of the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings
Law firm Burges Salmon looks back at how the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) has evolved and affected the property market since being introduced in 2013, and considers what may lie ahead for the…
Westminster launches dirty money charter
Companies House is being 'played like a fiddle', says council as it vows to clean up 'haven for oligarch investors'.
London property demand boosted by ‘hybrid’ workers seeking a shorter commute
'Even with the new norm of hybrid working, the exodus from city centres has not been permanent,' says CBRE, 'and housing market activity indicates hybrid workers are placing greater value on shorter commute…
Worth the Works? Why unmod homes can still make sense for HNW buyers
New-build turn-key stock has its merits, but there are some wonderful unmodernised properties that are not being snapped up as few buyers have the appetite or vision to take them on, says Lucy Worcester.
Ranked: Britain’s fastest-moving property markets
It takes far longer to sell a home in London than to find a buyer in Scotland, says Rightmove.