The Market
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%.
Mortgage approvals dropped ‘significantly’ as rates rose last month
It's 'not yet an unambiguous sign of a housing market slowdown', insists Knight Frank.
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 TwentyCi, Zoopla, Savills, Oxford Economics & more…
Tom Bill: What Rishi Sunak means for the UK property market
'How far the new PM can wind back the clock is a significant question for the UK housing market.'
Higher mortgage rates set to erode house price ‘paper gains’ next year – Zoopla
'Homeowners wanting to sell in 2023 will need to be realistic on price and may have to forgo some of the pandemic price gains to achieve a sale in 2023,' says Zoopla's research director, Richard Donnell.
Gove resurrects 300,000 housebuilding target
Significant planning reforms are back on the table as the Housing Secretary confirms the government is standing by its 2019 manifesto pledge to build 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s.
Lloyds Bank expects UK house prices to drop 8% next year
Major mortgage lender is focusing on 'slightly better-off customers', as it sets out an array of property price forecast scenarios.
The US luxury property market in 2022: Eight key trends
Rich Americans are piling back into international real estate markets, with a remarkable 92% US-based HNWIs now considering a property purchase abroad, according to a new survey by Coldwell Banker.
Will global London break from the mainstream?
On the ground, the impact of the recent political chaos is still far from clear, report buying specialists Richard & Sophie Rogerson...
Global housing downturn could see world GDP growth flatline, warn economists
The likelihood of a severe real estate slump is lower now than at the time of the Global Financial Crisis, but a significant drop in residential investment is 'plausible' next year, says Oxford Economics.