The Market

Rising mortgage rates are "driving homeowners to sell now rather than wait until 2023," says Jackson-Stops, noting that this is "boosting housing stock across the country and in turn, helping to balance…

Home ownership is "the bedrock of security and aspiration," says Keir Starmer.

Wales is cutting the Land Transaction Tax for lower-value homes, while raising rates for properties above £345k (the top c.15% of the market).

Neighbourhoods with the greatest international appeal are likely to outgun mainstream UK markets for the foreseeable future.

"The days of London being the default location of choice for high-value house purchases are increasingly behind us," says Search Acumen boss Andy Sommerville, "as big spending homebuyers look to invest…

It may be world famous as a luxury retail destination, but Knightsbridge has emerged as the discount capital of PCL for dollar-based property buyers.

Virgin Money, Halifax and the Skipton Building Society are amongst those to have pulled mortgage products.

Top-end London property brokers are enjoying a bonanza of urgent interest from wealthy international buyers with US dollars to spend, looking to take advantage of a significant currency discount.

Asking prices continue to climb despite mounting economic pressures, reports Britain's biggest property portal.

Mishcon de Reya's team of legal experts talks us through some of the key policy announcements in last week's big fiscal event.

Dexters' boss Andy Shepherd is very bullish about the capital's property market prospects.

Officials are increasingly concerned about the 'explosion' in overseas investment into the PCL property market over the last decade.