The Market
Ground rents to be capped at £250 as leasehold reform gathers pace
Government publishes draft Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill, continuing a march to reform the 'feudal' leasehold regime.
Opinion: Is Making Tax Digital the final nail in the rental market coffin?
PCL lettings expert Olivia McSweeney explains why an imminent admin shift risks accelerating landlord exits - and deterring the next generation from entering the sector.
Hong Kong & Singapore top UK’s international buyer league table
A delve into Land Registry records finds a surprisingly stable number of properties registered to overseas addresses.
London rental demand dips as supply recovers
Foxtons reports 'modest rent growth' through 2025, with new listings 'steadily increasing despite the noise' of new legislation.
UK haven status under pressure as geopolitical risks rise – Knight Frank
While the Chancellor talked up Britain’s appeal to global investors in Davos last week, the property market is still digesting Labour’s first two Budgets, explains research chief Tom Bill.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing, featuring data, forecasts and analysis from LonRes, Black Brick, Savills, Enness Global, Jefferies James, ONS, JLL, Zoopla & more...
Peter Hermon-Taylor: On the myth of landlord leverage and the return of reality
Prime Central London is no longer a market where scarcity alone delivers pricing power, explains Maskells' lettings boss.
Savills: Prime markets forecast to bottom out this year – except PCL
Prime Regional property prices are likely to rise 1.5% in 2026, predicts Savills, but Prime Central London values have a bit further to fall.
Ranked: Prime London’s most active property markets
Outer prime locations saw more transactions than PCL postcodes at the back-end of last year, led by SW11, SE1 & SW6.
JLL flags signs of ‘renewed momentum’ in PCL
Agency reports rising sales volumes in the final few weeks of 2025, although index suggests buyers have been pushing hard on price.
Savills sounds quietly bullish on early-2026 prime activity
Agency's residential chief says first five months of the year could be the busiest as buyers move ahead of fresh uncertainty.
Prime London rents post first annual fall in over four years
Latest LonRes data shows prices turning negative as stock levels soar.