The Market
‘Flying start’ to 2022 for Beauchamp’s new homes division
PCL agency hints at further expansion as new homes team secures £500m in new instructions across the UK
Prime London is ‘returning towards a pre-pandemic rental market’
London Central Portfolio saw an 11% jump in agreed rents on new tenancies in Q4 2021, "correcting the deep discounts that were granted during the same period in 2020".
Chain-free properties sell for 11% more than entangled homes
New research estimates a sizeable price premium for property sales that are not reliant o other transactions...
Pandemic ‘redraws UK house price map’
The combination of the race for space, a stamp duty holiday and an ongoing affordability squeeze has ‘altered the landscape’, says Knight Frank
Stamp Duty receipts jump to deliver record year for HMRC
SDLT & ATED raised £5bn more last year than in the previous period.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: What lies ahead in 2022?
London's prime property market is still facing some big challenges, but this has the potential to be a key year, writes Hugh Obbard...
Online estate agents’ market share drops overall – but rises in the £1m+ market
A "considerable underperformance" by online and hybrid agencies through last year's booming property market “will clearly raise significant interest in the viability of the business model that has failed…
Secret Agents: Quiet listings & off-market property deals have soared in the last year
More than 135,000 homes were sold without ever appearing on a property portal or being publicly advertised in 2021, according to new data, while a quarter of £1m+ sales in London were off-market deals.
‘Prime residential cities are expected to remain a safe haven in 2022’ – Savills
Savills' research team is predicting another strong year for property markets in prime global cities, with Miami and Berlin set for the highest rates of price growth in 2022.
Post-Christmas supply builds as Omicron uncertainty fades
The lifting of restrictions this week could see the supply of property re-build and normal house price economics return, says Tom Bill.
Estate agents report highest ever number of December house-hunters
"Although December shows the usual festive lull compared with previous months, demand has still been incredibly high when compared against pre-pandemic data with more house hunters registered than in any…
Rents soar beyond pre-pandemic levels in London hotspots
JLL flags up a strong bounce-back in values in areas including Kensington & Canary Wharf