The Market
PCL is an attractive opportunity for the US investor, but for how long?
David Huggett explains the events that led to a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity for international buyers last year, and why the latest shift in currency markets could signal another turning point.
The Times: Britain’s new wave of million-pound homes – and they’re not where you think they are
A long-read feature by David Byers highlights how the top-end of the property market shifted through the pandemic, including insights from Knight Frank, Savills, Hamptons, Recoco Property Search and Property…
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, TwentyCi, Zoopla, Knight Frank, GetAgent & more...
Abrahmsohn: Gove cuts through the jungle of leasehold interests
While the housing secretary hacks through England’s leasehold system, he should also take his reformist scalpel to the planning process, says Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn
BoE raises interest rates again, to 4%: Property industry reactions
This is the tenth consecutive increase to the base rate of interest; there are now signals that we may be approaching a peak.
Covid has left a ‘structural and lasting impact’ on the capital’s property market, says major agency
New analysis shows the average price of houses sold across the capital has soared by 23.4% since February 2020, while flat values remain in negative territory...
Those who missed this week’s overseas entities deadline face ‘severe restrictions on their ability to buy and sell property’
Companies House is 'now assessing and preparing cases for enforcement action'.
‘2022 will be remembered as a boom year for residential landlords’ – LCP
Newly-agreed rental prices in prime London jumped 19% in 2022, says a specialist buy-to-let buying agency, while renewal prices surged 7.4% in Q4.
Buying agency flags the property market’s top ten ‘recession-proof strongholds’
Prime London postcodes and top-tier university cities 'are the most likely to escape relatively unscathed' from the property market downturn, says Garrington.
Why househunting in London is getting harder
Buying agency flags surge in off-market selling and an increasingly fragmented industry as key challenges for affluent purchasers
Ranked: Where homes sell for 20% more than asking, on average
New research has identified which postcodes tend to have the most wayward property asking prices - with several Prime Central London enclaves featuring.
‘Change on the way’ in the Prime London lettings market
Stock levels are picking up and tenants are starting to shop around, reports Knight Frank