The Market
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Catch up on all the latest market movements in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from Savills, TwentyCi, Knight Frank & Hamptons International
High inflation ‘lures investors back to buy-to-let’
Buy-to-let investors were behind 13.9% of homes sales across Great Britain in Q1 2022, says Hamptons - the highest proportion at this time of year since Stamp Duty changes in 2016.
Prime London’s price recovery ‘gathers pace’
Knight Frank's latest indices tell of rising prices and plenty of activity in prime London's sales and rental markets.
Popular Cornwall left out of ‘Best Places to Live’ rundown as housing crisis deepens
Judges of the influential annual Sunday Times guide take decision "in recognition of the problems caused in the county’s housing market by incomers buying second homes".
Global cities see highest house price growth in nearly 18 years
44% of global cities saw average house prices surge by more than 10% in 2021.
Auction houses reports strong spring sales
A lack of stock in the agency market has continued to bring out the buyers, says Savills
Mapped: Britain’s busiest property markets in 2022 so far
There are currently 172,589 residential properties listed for sale across the UK, according to research by TwentyCi, and another 237,512 homes with sales agreed.
Back in Town: ‘Buyers are saying that they found rural life lonely and quiet’
"London’s suburbs are now red hot," says buying agent Sara Ransom, as house-hunters look to return to city life.
Predicted influx of international buyers remains ‘more of a trickle than a torrent’, says PCL agency
British buyers are still Black Brick’s main clients, accounting for around one in every four deals
Prime London rents see first double-digit annual increase in over a decade
Average rental values in prime London have surged by 11.1% in the last year, reports Savills, pushing both houses and flats above pre-pandemic levels.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Catch up on all the latest market movements in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from Foxtons, Savills, Knight Frank, Zoopla & more
‘Rebalancing begins’ as prime London’s property market catches up with country house performance
Knight Frank and Savills have both flagged a revival for central London's property market in the opening months of this year.