The Market
Property sales supply jumps by 50% – Propertymark
"The extreme pressure may be coming off the market, but it has a long way to go yet before we see it return to normal," says Propertymark, as supply improves but demand remains high.
How much is the off-market worth?
£30.9bn-worth of property changed hands without public marketing in 2021, according to an estimate by a property fund.
The property market ‘will probably polarise more’ – Yolande Barnes
Prime property prices 'may not be as overheated as they are looking in some mortgage-reliant mainstream markets,' argues former Savills research chief Yolande Barnes, in some new analysis commissioned…
‘Definitive change’ in consumer confidence as the property market hits an ‘affordability tipping point’ – Garrington
'The short-term outlook is likely to remain tainted with uncertainty and concern because of recent events,' says buying agency Garrington, before reassuring us that 'as has been seen previously with shock…
Annual house price growth slowed to +13.6% in August – UK HPI
The latest official House Price Index shows "a slight cooling in year-on-year growth, but it’s far from being a blizzard," comments Jackson-Stops boss Nick Leeming, while Knight Frank points out that…
Charlie Ellingworth: Chickens coming home to roost
This is a time of maximum gloom, writes Property Vision's Charlie Ellingworth, but property markets are nuanced - and there is no one size fits all...
Prime London flat prices jump 11.8% as the capital shows ‘a slow but steady return to health’
New analysis of LonRes data confirms that the pandemic-drive 'race for space' is over in the London, with demand for apartments now significantly outpacing that for houses.
Home-buyer & seller sentiment ‘remains robust’, says portal
'There’s evidence that buyers feel the market is moving in their favour,' says OnTheMarket boss Jason Tebb, as the portal reveals results of its September Sentiment Survey - conducted before the now-unravelled…
Lucian Cook on the role of debt in the prime resi market
Savills research chief looks at the implications of increases in the cost of living and mortgage finance for the prime housing market.
Revealed: The UK areas with the highest percentage of cash buyers
The proportion of cash buyers ranges from less than 20% in Barking & Dagenham to nearly 60% in parts of Norfolk, new research shows.
Property industry reactions to tax u-turns & another new Chancellor
Thoughts from Savills, Knight Frank Finance, Fine & Country, Benham and Reeves, Anderson Harris, and Propertymark.
New Chancellor Hunt reverses most Truss tax cuts
Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has torn down most of Kwarsi Kwarteng's three-week-old tax cuts - but the Stamp Duty cut remains.