House price index raises eyebrows again
The latest Halifax index is ‘still implausibly strong’, say analysts
Downing St & Out: Our economy needs a decision and someone to make it
As PM May officially steps down as Tory leader and candidates jostle for position, former financier turned agency boss Charles Curran explains the impact that current political events are having on the market…
Government launches a consultation on new building safety regs
The DHCLG is looking for industry feedback on a proposed new building safety regulatory regime, which implements Dame Judith Hackitt’s post-Grenfell recommendations
Britain’s luxury sector surges in value to £48bn, driven by cars
Walpole suggests that the luxury industry contributed 2.4% of the UK’s total GDP in 2017
Why Prime London’s homes are now for nesting, not for investing
Changes to the stamp duty regime have had a fundamental effect on the home ownership cycle in the capital – and buyers are now prioritising quality of life over potential profit, writes Simon Deen
Brownfield redevelopment levels at five-year low
New government figures are a ‘clear indication that more must be done to realise the full potential of derelict and vacant land’, says CPRE
‘A tale of three cities’: London’s property market movements by price bracket, 2014-2018
London’s property market is ‘a tale of three cities’, says start-up prime property portal Vyomm, with different price brackets posting very different performances over the past four years
Hannah Aykroyd on PCL’s new two-tier market, and why buyers need to wake up
‘Things have recently changed’ in Prime Central London, says a top buying agent. ‘It’s important for buyers to forget what they’ve read over the past two years about markets going down, down, down’
Demand for shared ownership properties ‘to rise by 150%’ – Savills
Shared ownership is the natural successor to Help to Buy, says Savills, and is likely to see a surge of interest in the coming years
Revealed: The ultra-prime PCL address where the only properties you can buy are off-market
Nearly three-quarters of the 55 available options on five streets in St John’s Wood and Belgravia are not being advertised on the open market, according to new analysis, including all six of the properties you can currently get in to on Belgrave Square…
Property market activity builds in Prime Central London
Knight Frank reports more exchanges going through above £2m, more offers being made, and more viewings taking place
Labour pitches a new national property tax & ‘jury service’ for planning decisions
George Monbiot-authored report sets out some dramatic policy ideas as the Labour Party develops ‘an explicit goal of stabilising land and house prices’